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Importance of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease in Patients With Symptomatic Stenosis of the Internal Carotid Artery
From the John P. Robarts Research Institute, the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada (M.E., A.J.F., B.L.S., H.J.M.B.), and the Department of Neurology and the Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience of the University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (L.J.K.).
Correspondence to L.J. Kappelle, MD, University Department of Neurology, University Hospital Utrecht, H.p. nr. G03.228, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail l.j.kappelle{at}neuro.azu.nl
Background and Purpose—The estimated prevalence of intracranial atherosclerotic disease (IAD) in patients with stenosis of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) varies between 20% and 50%. The benefits of carotid endarterectomy (CE) in patients with both IAD and symptomatic extracranial ICA stenosis are uncertain.
Methods—The association between IAD and other vascular risk factors and with the risk of stroke at 3 years were studied in patients with symptomatic extracranial ICA stenosis who participated in the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial (NASCET). Since the NASCET protocol excluded severe IAD, only a modest number of patients in this category could be studied.
Results—IAD was observed in one third of the patients. In medically treated patients, the relative risk of stroke associated with IAD varied from 1.3 (95% CI, 0.9 to 1.9) with extracranial ICA stenosis of <50% to 1.8 (95% CI, 1.1 to 3.2) with 85% to 99% ICA stenosis. In contrast, IAD did not affect the risk of stroke among surgically treated patients. To prevent 1 stroke ipsilateral to the symptomatic ICA stenosis over 3 years in patients who have also IAD, 12 patients with 50% to 69%, 5 patients with 70% to 84%, and 3 patients with 85% to 99% ICA stenosis have to undergo CE. In patients without IAD these numbers are 26, 7, and 6, respectively.
Conclusions—IAD is an independent risk factor for subsequent stroke in medically treated patients with symptomatic ICA stenosis. CE reduces this risk. The additional risk imposed by IAD in medically treated patients enhances the value of CE in patients with moderate symptomatic extracranial ICA stenosis. Detection of IAD, requiring angiography, is an important prelude to planning CE in symptomatic patients with moderate extracranial ICA stenosis.
Key Words: angiography • carotid artery diseases • carotid endarterectomy • outcome • risk factors
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