TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic yield of pelvic magnetic resonance venography in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale
AU - Liberman, Ava L.
AU - Daruwalla, Vistasp J.
AU - Collins, Jeremy D.
AU - Maas, Matthew B.
AU - Botelho, Marcos Paulo Ferreira
AU - Ayache, Jad Bou
AU - Carr, James
AU - Ruff, Ilana
AU - Bernstein, Richard A.
AU - Alberts, Marc J.
AU - Prabhakaran, Shyam
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE - : Paradoxical embolization is frequently posited as a mechanism of ischemic stroke in patients with patent foramen ovale. Several studies have suggested that the deep lower extremity and pelvic veins might be an embolic source in cryptogenic stroke (CS) patients with patent foramen ovale. METHODS - : Consecutive adult patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack and a patent foramen ovale who underwent pelvic magnetic resonance venography as part of an inpatient diagnostic evaluation were included in this single-center retrospective observational study to determine pelvic and lower extremity (LE) deep venous thrombosis (DVT) prevalence in CS versus non-CS stroke subtypes. RESULTS - : Of 131 patients who met inclusion criteria, 126 (96.2%) also had LE duplex ultrasound data. DVT prevalence overall was 7.6% (95% confidence interval, 4.1-13.6), pelvic DVT 1.5% (95% confidence interval, 0.1-5.8), and LE DVT 7.1% (95% confidence interval, 3.6-13.2). One patient with a pelvic DVT also had a LE DVT. Comparing patients with CS (n=98) with non-CS subtypes (n=33), there was no significant difference in the prevalence of pelvic DVT (2.1% versus 0%, P=1), LE DVT (6.2% versus 10.3%, P=0.43), or any DVT (7.2% versus 9.1%, P=0.71). CONCLUSIONS - : Among patients with ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack and patent foramen ovale, the majority of detected DVTs were in LE veins rather than the pelvic veins and did not differ by stroke subtype. The routine inclusion of pelvic magnetic resonance venography in the diagnostic evaluation of CS warrants further prospective investigation.
AB - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE - : Paradoxical embolization is frequently posited as a mechanism of ischemic stroke in patients with patent foramen ovale. Several studies have suggested that the deep lower extremity and pelvic veins might be an embolic source in cryptogenic stroke (CS) patients with patent foramen ovale. METHODS - : Consecutive adult patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack and a patent foramen ovale who underwent pelvic magnetic resonance venography as part of an inpatient diagnostic evaluation were included in this single-center retrospective observational study to determine pelvic and lower extremity (LE) deep venous thrombosis (DVT) prevalence in CS versus non-CS stroke subtypes. RESULTS - : Of 131 patients who met inclusion criteria, 126 (96.2%) also had LE duplex ultrasound data. DVT prevalence overall was 7.6% (95% confidence interval, 4.1-13.6), pelvic DVT 1.5% (95% confidence interval, 0.1-5.8), and LE DVT 7.1% (95% confidence interval, 3.6-13.2). One patient with a pelvic DVT also had a LE DVT. Comparing patients with CS (n=98) with non-CS subtypes (n=33), there was no significant difference in the prevalence of pelvic DVT (2.1% versus 0%, P=1), LE DVT (6.2% versus 10.3%, P=0.43), or any DVT (7.2% versus 9.1%, P=0.71). CONCLUSIONS - : Among patients with ischemic stroke/transient ischemic attack and patent foramen ovale, the majority of detected DVTs were in LE veins rather than the pelvic veins and did not differ by stroke subtype. The routine inclusion of pelvic magnetic resonance venography in the diagnostic evaluation of CS warrants further prospective investigation.
KW - physiopathology
KW - thromboembolism
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U2 - 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005539
DO - 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005539
M3 - Article
C2 - 24938843
AN - SCOPUS:84905368763
SN - 0039-2499
VL - 45
SP - 2324
EP - 2329
JO - Stroke
JF - Stroke
IS - 8
ER -