Vascular Risk Factors, Imaging, and Outcomes in Transient Ischemic Attack/Ischemic Stroke Patients with Neuroimaging Evidence of Probable/Possible Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Table 2
MR imaging findings by status of CAA pattern in TIA/ischemic stroke patients.
Variable
CAA pattern ()
Without CAA pattern ()
Fazekas scale score, mean (IQR)a
3.63 (2-5)
2.61 (1-4)
CMB count (No., %)
241 (82.3%)
38 (2.9%)
CMB topography (No., %)
Contex/grey-white junction
mm
156 (53.6%)
1 (0.1%)
Number 5-10 mm
14 (4.8%)
0 (0)
Subcortical white matter
mm
47 (16.2%)
1 (0.1%)
Number 5-10 mm
2 (0.7%)
0 (0)
Internal and external capsule
mm
6 (2.1%)
12 (0.9%)
Number 5-10 mm
0 (0)
0 (0)
Cerebellum
mm
59 (20.3%)
0 (0)
Number 5-10 mm
5 (1.7%)
0 (0)
cSS count (No., %)
95 (32.7%)
42 (3.2%)
cSS topography (No., %)
Frontal
10 (3.4%)
1 (0.1%)
Parietal
14 (4.8%)
1 (0.1%)
Temporal
37 (12.7%)
2 (0.2%)
Occipital
13 (4.5%)
0 (0)
Centrum semiovale
6 (2.1%)
0 (0)
Cerebellum
11 (3.8%)
0 (0)
Abbreviations: CMB: cerebral microbleed; cSS: cortical superficial siderosis. aData were missing for 193 patients.