Vertebral Artery Hypoplasia and Posterior Circulation Infarction in Patients with Isolated Vertigo with Stroke Risk Factors

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• 作者：Dao Pei Zhang ; MD^* ; ^a ; ^{zhangdaopei89@163.com} ; Gui Feng Lu ; MM^&dagger ; ; ^a ; Jie Wen Zhang ; PhD^&Dagger ; ; ^{zhangjiewen9900@126.com} ; Shu Ling Zhang ; MM^* ; Qian Kun Ma ; MM^&Dagger ; ; Suo Yin ; MM^§ ;
• 关键词：Vertigo ; vertebrobasilar insufficiency ; hypoplasia ; vertebral artery ; stroke
• 刊名：Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：26
• 期：2
• 页码：295-300
• 全文大小：109 K
• 卷排序：26

文摘

We aimed in this study to investigate the prevalence of vertebral artery hypoplasia (VAH) in a population with isolated vertigo in association with stroke risk factors, to determine whether VAH is an independent risk factor for posterior circulation infarction (PCI).MethodsWe sequentially enrolled 245 patients with isolated vertigo with at least 1 vascular risk factor, who were divided into PCI and non-PCI groups, according to present signs of acute infarction on diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging. All patients underwent magnetic resonance angiography and cervical contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography to screen for VAH. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to identify the significant risk factors for PCI.ResultsVAH was found in 64 of 245 patients (26%). VAH (odds ratio [OR] = 2.70, 95%confidence interval [CI] 1.17-6.23, P = .020), median stenosis of the posterior circulation (OR = 7.09, 95%CI = 2.54-19.79, P < .001), and diabetes mellitus (OR = 3.13, 95%CI 1.38-7.12, P = .006) were independent risk factors for PCI. The predominant Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment subtype in our patients with isolated vertigo with PCI complicated by VAH was mainly small-artery occlusion.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that VAH is an independent risk factor for PCI in patients with isolated vertigo with confirmed risk from stroke.