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KMID : 1142120210230020253
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Journal of Stroke
2021 Volume.23 No. 2 p.253 ~ p.262
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Stroke Recurrence in First-Ever Symptomatic Carotid Web: A Cohort Study
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Olindo Stephane
Chausson Nicolas
Signate Aissatou
Mecharles Sylvie
Hennequin Jean-Luc
Saint-Vil Martine
Edimonana-Kaptue Mireille
Jeannin Severine
Landais Anne
Cabre Philippe
Sibon Igor
Smadja Didier
Joux Julien
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Abstract
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Background and Purpose: Carotid web (CaW) is an intimal variant of fibromuscular dysplasia responsible for ipsilateral cerebral ischemic events (CIE). Symptomatic CaW likely has a high risk of recurrent CIE, but no salient prospective data are available. We aimed to assess recurrence rate and its predictors after a first-ever CIE.
Methods: Consecutive Afro-Caribbean patients who had cryptogenic first-ever CIEs (ischemic stroke [IS] or transient ischemic attack [TIA]) associated with ipsilateral CaW were included in this multicenter observational cohort study. The follow-up (January 2008 to March 2019) focused on CIE recurrences. Kaplan-Meier method assessed rates of recurrences and Cox proportional hazards regression analyzed risk factors.
Results: Ninety-two patients (79 first-ever ISs and 13 TIAs; mean age±standard deviation, 49.8±9.9 years; 52 [56.5%] women) were included. During a mean follow-up of 50.5±29.6 months, 19 (20.7%) patients experienced recurrent ipsilateral CIEs (16 ISs and three TIAs). Of 23 patients receiving surgery/stenting treatment, no recurrence occurred after the intervention (median follow-up, 39.8 months [interquartile range, 27.6 to 72.4]). Under medical treatment alone, the annual recurrent CIE rate was 6.9%, and the cumulative rate was 4.4% at 30-day, 10.8% at 1-year, 19.8% at 2-year, 23.2% at 3-year, and 27.3% at 5-year. Presence of silent cerebral infarctions was the only independent risk factor of CIE recurrences (hazard ratio, 6.99; 95% confidence interval, 2.4 to 20.4; P=0.004).
Conclusions: Under medical treatment alone, symptomatic CaW was associated with a high rate of recurrence that reached 27.3% at 5-year. Surgery/stenting seems to be efficient, and randomized control trials are required to confirm the benefit of these interventions.
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KEYWORD
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Ischemic stroke, Cohort studies, Carotid artery, Recurrence, Carribbean region, Fibromuscular dysplasia
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