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Association Between Duration of Transient Neurological Events and Diffusion-Weighted Brain Lesions
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BackgroundThe relationship between duration of transient neurological events and presence of diffusion-weighted lesions by symptom type is unclear. Methods and ResultsThis was a substudy of SpecTRA (Spectrometry for Transient Ischemic Attack Rapid Assessment), a multicenter prospective cohort of patients with minor ischemic cerebrovascular events or stroke mimics at academic emergency departments in Canada. For this study we included patients with resolved symptoms and determined the presence of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) lesion on magnetic resonance imaging within 7 days. Using logistic regression, we evaluated the association between symptom duration and DWI lesion, assessing for interaction with symptom type (focal only versus nonfocal/mixed), and adjusting for age, sex, education, comorbidities, and systolic blood pressure. Of 658 patients included, a DWI lesion was present in 232 (35.1%). There was a significant interaction between symptom duration and symptom type. For those with focal-only symptoms, there was a continuous increase in DWI probability up to 24 hours in duration (ranging from approximate to 40% to 80% probability). In stratified analyses, the increase in probability of DWI lesion with increased duration of focal symptoms was seen in women but not men. For those with nonfocal or mixed symptoms, predicted probability of DWI lesion was approximate to 35% and was greater in men, but did not increase with longer duration. ConclusionsIncreased duration of neurological deficits is associated with greater probability of DWI lesion in those with focal symptoms only. For individuals with nonfocal or mixed symptoms, about one-third had DWI lesions, but the probability did not increase with duration. These results may be important to improve risk stratification of transient neurological events.
Keywords:
diffusion-weighted imaging
focal symptoms
minor stroke
magnetic resonance imaging
symptom duration
transient ischemic attack
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