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Evaluation of High Intracranial Plaque Prevalence in Type 2 Diabetes Using Vessel Wall Imaging on 7 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Background: While type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major risk for ischemic stroke, the associated vessel wall characteristics remain essentially unknown. This study aimed to clarify intracranial vascular changes on three-dimensional vessel wall imaging (3D-VWI) using fast spin echo by employing 7Tesla (7T...

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Autores principales: Shozushima, Masaharu, Mori, Futoshi, Yashiro, Satoshi, Todate, Yusuke, Oda, Tomoyasu, Nagasawa, Kan, Hasegawa, Yutaka, Takebe, Noriko, Sasaki, Makoto, Ishigaki, Yasushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9954742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36831760
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13020217
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Sumario:Background: While type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a major risk for ischemic stroke, the associated vessel wall characteristics remain essentially unknown. This study aimed to clarify intracranial vascular changes on three-dimensional vessel wall imaging (3D-VWI) using fast spin echo by employing 7Tesla (7T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in T2D patients without advanced atherosclerosis as compared to healthy controls. Methods: In 48 T2D patients and 35 healthy controls, the prevalence of cerebral small vessel diseases and intracranial plaques were evaluated by 3D-VWI with 7T MRI. Results: The prevalence rate of lacunar infarction was significantly higher in T2D than in controls (n = 8 in T2D vs. n = 0 in control, p = 0.011). The mean number of intracranial plaques in both anterior and posterior circulation of each subject was significantly larger in T2D than in controls (2.23 in T2D vs. 0.94 in control, p < 0.01). In T2D patients, gender was associated with the presence of intracranial plaques. Conclusion: This is the first study to demonstrate the high prevalence of intracranial plaque in T2D patients with neither confirmed atherosclerotic disease nor symptoms by performing intracranial 3D-VWI employing 7TMRI. Investigation of intracranial VWI with 7T MRI is expected to provide novel insights allowing early intensive risk management for prevention of ischemic stroke in T2D patients.