1. Decreased frontal white-matter diffusion and improved cognitive flexibility after burr-hole surgery in moyamoya angiopathy
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I. Catalaa, Lionel Calviere, Jean Christophe Sol, Vanessa Cazzola, Paul Loubiere, Helene Mirabel, M. Planton, and F. Bonneville
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Neurology ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Cognitive flexibility ,Revascularization ,lcsh:RC346-429 ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cognition ,0302 clinical medicine ,Trephining ,medicine ,Humans ,Effective diffusion coefficient ,Neuropsychological assessment ,Cerebral perfusion pressure ,lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,Burr-hole surgery ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Moyamoya Angiopathy ,Brain ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Executive functions ,White Matter ,Surgery ,body regions ,Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Apparent diffusion coefficient ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,Moyamoya Disease ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Research Article ,Executive dysfunction - Abstract
Background In Moyamoya Angioplasty (MMA), increased apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in frontal white matter (WM) with a normal appearance has been associated with frontal hypoperfusion and executive dysfunction. Multiple burr-hole surgery enables the revascularization of large frontal areas. Goal: To assess the effect of multiple burr-hole surgery on the ADC and cognitive functions in adults with MMA. Methods ADC was measured in 26 brain hemispheres of 14 consecutive adults with MMA (9 women, mean age ± SD: 38.1 ± 10.7 years) prior to and 6 months after burr-hole surgery. ADC was obtained from regions of interest located in frontal and posterior (temporo-occipital) normal-appearing WM. Ten patients had neuropsychological assessment that focused on executive and attentional functions before and after surgery. Results Anterior and posterior ADC values did not differ before surgery (815.8 ± 60.1 vs. 812.1 ± 35.3 mm2/s, p = 0.88). After surgery, frontal ADC was lower than prior to surgery (789.9 ± 64.5 vs. 815.8 ± 60.1 mm2/s; p p = 0.31). Trail-making test part B median z-score increased from − 1.47 to − 0.21 (p = 0.018), suggesting improved cognitive flexibility. Conclusion In adults with MMA, indirect revascularization with burr-hole is followed by a decrease of ADC in normal-appearing frontal WM and may have improved some executive functions in the flexibility process. Change in ADC may reflect the improvement in cerebral perfusion after surgery. The measuring of ADC may be a promising tool in exploring potentially reversible microstructural WM damage related to hypoperfusion and cognitive change in MMA.
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- 2020
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