Abstract
Occluded major intracranial arteries can spontaneously recanalize in patients with acute ischemic stroke mainly due to embolic mechanisms. However, it remains unknown whether recanalization can occur in perforating arteries, such as lenticulostriate arteries. Therefore, in the present study, we assessed changes suggesting recanalization of the lenticulostriate arteries in patients with acute ischemic stroke of the lenticulostriate artery territory using high-resolution magnetic resonance angiography (HR-MRA) at 7T. We prospectively examined 39 consecutive patients with acute infarcts confined within the lenticulostriate artery territory. Using a 7T scanner during the acute period and one month thereafter, we evaluated imaging findings indicating the recanalization of the relevant lenticulostriate arteries, following which we examined differences in other imaging findings and clinical characteristics between patients with/without recanalization. HR-MRA findings suggestive of recanalization (i.e. patent lenticulostriate arteries within acute infarct lesions with/without hemorrhagic changes) were observed in 8 (25%) of 32 patients who were eligible for analyses. These findings were detected in three and five patients on the baseline and follow-up images, respectively. The lengths of relevant lenticulostriate arteries on the follow-up MRA were significantly larger in patients with recanalization than in those without (P = 0.01). However, there were no significant differences in the infarct volume or clinical outcomes between the recanalization and non-recanalization groups. HR-MRA at 7T revealed that recanalization of the relevant lenticulostriate arteries can occur in patients with acute ischemic stroke confined to the lenticulostriate artery territory.
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