The association between the severity and distribution of white matter lesions and hemorrhagic transformation after ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Wang, Youjie and Bai, Xueling and Ye, Chen and Yu, Yifan and Wu, Bo (2022) The association between the severity and distribution of white matter lesions and hemorrhagic transformation after ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 14. ISSN 1663-4365

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Abstract

Background and purpose: As a part of the natural course of ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic transformation (HT) is a serious complication after reperfusion treatment, which may affect the prognosis of patients with ischemic stroke. White matter lesions (WMLs) refer to focal lesions on neuroimaging and have been suggested to indicate a high risk of HT. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to summarize current evidence on the relation between WML and HT.

Methods: This systematic review was prepared with reference to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases for publications on WML and HT in patients with ischemic stroke. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) from eligible studies were combined to quantify the association between the severity of WML and the risk of HT. In addition, the descriptive analysis was adopted to evaluate the influence of different WML distributions on predicting HT.

Results: A total of 2,303 articles were identified after removing duplicates through database searching, and 41 studies were included in our final analysis. The meta-analysis showed that the presence of WML was associated with HT (OR = 1.62, 95%CI 1.08–2.43, p = 0.019) and symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) (OR = 1.64, 95%CI 1.17–2.30, p = 0.004), and moderate-to-severe WML indicated a high risk of HT (OR = 2.03, 95%CI 1.33–3.12, p = 0.001) and sICH (OR = 1.92, 95%CI 1.31–2.81, p < 0.001). The dose–response meta-analysis revealed risk effects of increasing the severity of WML on both HT and ICH. In addition, both periventricular WML (PWML) (five of seven articles) and deep WML (DWML) (five of six articles) were shown to be associated with HT.

Conclusions: White matter lesions are associated with overall HT and sICH in patients with ischemic stroke, and more severe WMLs indicate a high risk of HT and sICH. In addition, both PWML and DWMLs could be risk factors for HT.

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Subjects: Science Global Plos > Medical Science
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Date Deposited: 15 Apr 2023 10:05
Last Modified: 07 Feb 2024 04:51
URI: http://ebooks.manu2sent.com/id/eprint/583

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