Topographic Evolution of Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction and Its Impact on Motor Impairment-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Topographic Evolution of Anterior Cerebral Artery Infarction and Its Impact on Motor Impairment

Published:2021-09-30 Issue: Volume: Page:1-11
ISSN:1015-9770
Container-title:Cerebrovascular Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:Cerebrovasc Dis

Author:

Thirugnanachandran Tharani^ORCID,Ma Henry,Vuong Jason^ORCID,Mitchell Melissa,Wong Chloe^ORCID,Singhal Shaloo,Slater Lee-Anne^ORCID,Beare Richard,Srikanth Velandai,Phan Thanh G.^ORCID

Abstract

Introduction: Motor deficit is common following anterior cerebral artery (ACA) stroke. This study aimed to determine the impact on the motor outcome, given the location of descending corticofugal fiber tracts (from the primary motor cortex [M1], dorsal and ventral premotor area [PMdv], and supplementary motor area [SMA]) and the regional variations in collateral support of the ACA territory. Methods: Patients with ACA vessel occlusion were included. Disruption to corticofugal fibers was inferred by overlap of tracts with a lesion on computed tomography perfusion at the onset and on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) poststroke. The motor outcome was defined by dichotomized and combined National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) sub-scores for the arm and leg. Multivariate hierarchical partitioning was used to analyze the proportional contribution of the corticofugal fibers to the motor outcome. Results: Forty-seven patients with a median age of 77.5 (interquartile range 68.0–84.5) years were studied. At the stroke onset, 96% of patients showed evidence of motor deficit on the NIHSS, and the proportional contribution of the corticofugal fibers to motor deficit was M1-33%, SMA-33%, and PMdv-33%. By day 7, motor deficit was present in <50% of patients and contribution of M1 fiber tracts to the motor deficit was reduced (M1-10.2%, SMA-61.0%, PMdv-28.8%). We confirmed our findings using publicly available high-resolution templates created from Human Connectome Project data. This also showed a reduction in involvement of M1 fiber tracts on initial perfusion imaging (33%) compared to MRI at a median time of 7 days poststroke (11%). Conclusion: Improvements in the motor outcome seen in ACA stroke may be due to the relative sparing of M1 fiber tracts from infarction. This may occur as a consequence of the posterior location of M1 fiber tracts and the evolving topography of ACA stroke due to the compensatory capacity of leptomeningeal anastomoses.

Publisher

S. Karger AG

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Neurology (clinical),Neurology

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