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- Title
The Presence of Previous Cerebral Microbleeds Has a Negative Effect on Hypertensive Intracerebral Hemorrhage Recovery.
- Authors
Kang Yang; Yulan Feng; JinJin Mu; Ningzhen Fu; Shufen Chen; Yi Fu
- Abstract
Background and Purpose: Cerebralmicrobleeds are an intracerebralmicroangiopathy with bleeding tendency found in intracerebral hemorrhage patients. However, studies about cerebral microbleed effects on the prognosis of hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage patients are rare. We performed a prospective study to discuss not only the risk factors of cerebral microbleed incidence in hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage patients but also the relevance of cerebral microbleeds with silent brain infarction, hemorrhage and prognosis. Methods: This study enrolled 100 patients diagnosed with hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage within 3 days after onset. Magnetic resonance imaging including susceptibility-weighted imaging and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) were utilized to examine patients on the fifth day after onset. Regular follow-ups were performed to examine the following clinical cerebrovascular events and vascular deaths in 1 year. Results: Cerebral microbleeds were observed in 55 (55%) patients. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that over-aging, elevation of serum creatinine, and leukoaraiosis were independently associated with cerebral microbleeds. In addition, higher silent brain infarction prevalence was observed in patients with cerebral microbleeds. In contrast, none of the cerebral microbleed patients exhibited cerebral microbleeds ≥5, which is an independent risk factor of poor 3-month neurological function recovery. During the 1-year follow-up, 14 subjects presented clinical cerebrovascular events or vascular death. The Cox proportional hazards model implicated that atrial fibrillation, cerebral microbleeds ≥5 and silent brain infarction were independent predictive factors for these events. Conclusions: Over-aging combined with an elevation of serum creatinine and leukoaraiosis were independent risk factors of cerebral microbleeds. Patients with cerebral microbleeds were more likely to exhibit silent brain infarction. Poor recovery of 3-month neurological function was observed in hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage patients with cerebral microbleeds ≥5. Cerebral microbleeds ≥5 or silent brain infarction might also indicate an elevated risk of future cerebrovascular events and vascular death.
- Subjects
CEREBRAL hemorrhage; MICROCIRCULATION; HYPERTENSION; CEREBRAL angiography; CEREBROVASCULAR disease; PROGNOSIS
- Publication
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2017, Vol 9, p1
- ISSN
1663-4365
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fnagi.2017.00049