Abstract

Flat panel detector CT imaging allows simultaneous acquisition of multiphase flat panel CTA and flat panel CTP imaging directly in the angio suite. We compared collateral assessment derived from multiphase flat panel CTA and flat panel CTP with collateral assessment derived from DSA as the gold-standard. We performed a retrospective analysis of patients with occlusion of the first or second segment of the MCA who underwent pre-interventional flat panel detector CT. The hypoperfusion intensity ratio as a correlate of collateral status was calculated from flat panel CTP (time-to-maximum > 10 seconds volume/time-to-maximum > 6 seconds volume). Intraclass correlation coefficients were calculated for interrater reliability for the Calgary/Menon score for multiphase flat panel CTA and for the American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology/Society of Interventional Radiology (ASITN/SIR) score for DSA collateral scores. Correlations of the hypoperfusion intensity ratio, multiphase flat panel CTA score, and the ASITN/SIR score were calculated using the Spearman correlation. From November 2019 to February 2020, thirty patients were included. Moderate interrater reliability was achieved for the ASITN/SIR DSA score (0.68; 95% CI, 0.50-0.82) as well as for the Calgary/Menon multiphase flat panel CTA score (0.53; 95% CI, 0.29-0.72). We found a strong correlation between the ASITN/SIR DSA and Calgary/Menon multiphase flat panel CTA score (ρ = 0.54, P = .002) and between the hypoperfusion intensity ratio and the Calgary/Menon multiphase flat panel CTA score (ρ = -0.57, P < .001). The correlation was moderate between the hypoperfusion intensity ratio and the ASITN/SIR DSA score (ρ = -0.49, P = .006). The infarct core volume correlated strongly with the Calgary/Menon multiphase flat panel CTA score (ρ = -0.66, P < .001) and the hypoperfusion intensity ratio (ρ = 0.76, P < .001) and correlated moderately with the ASITN/SIR DSA score (ρ = -0.46, P = .01). The Calgary/Menon multiphase flat panel CTA score and the hypoperfusion intensity ratio correlated with each other and with the ASITN/SIR DSA score as the gold-standard. In our cohort, the collateral scoring derived from flat panel detector CT was clinically reliable.

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