02885nas a2200421 4500008004100000022001400041245016500055210006900220260001300289300001000302490000700312520165200319653000901971653001001980653002801990653002402018653002802042653001102070653001102081653003102092653003102123653000902154653001502163653002802178653003002206653001502236653002402251653001702275653001802292100001902310700001602329700001602345700001702361700001702378700001502395700001702410856003602427 1999 eng d a0039-249900aPrevalence and associations of MRI-demonstrated brain infarcts in elderly subjects with a history of transient ischemic attack. The Cardiovascular Health Study.0 aPrevalence and associations of MRIdemonstrated brain infarcts in c1999 Feb a383-80 v303 a
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: MRI is more sensitive than CT, but the significance of brain abnormalities seen on MR images obtained in older subjects with transient ischemic attack (TIA) is not clear. We studied the prevalence and risk factors associated with MRI-demonstrated infarcts in elderly subjects with a history of TIA.
METHODS: Participants of the Cardiovascular Health Study, aged 65 years or more and without prior stroke, were studied with brain MRI (n=3456). The prevalence of brain infarcts (>/=3 mm) on MRI was determined in subjects with and without TIA. The cardiovascular risk factors and clinical and subclinical cardiovascular disease associated with MRI infarcts were studied in subjects with TIA.
RESULTS: Subjects with TIA (n=100) had a higher prevalence of MRI infarcts than subjects without TIA (46% versus 28%; P<0.001). The unadjusted odds ratio for having MRI infarcts in subjects with TIA was 2.20 (95% CI, 1.47 to 3.30) and remained significantly elevated after adjustments for risk factors and cerebrovascular disease (odds ratio, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.23 to 2.83). In subjects with TIA, diastolic blood pressure (P=0.01) and internal carotid artery intima-media thickness (P=0.01) were the only factors predictive of the presence of MRI infarcts by stepwise logistic regression analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: MRI infarcts are imaging manifestations of clinically important cerebrovascular disease in subjects with a history of TIA, given their increased prevalence and positive association with increased diastolic blood pressure and internal carotid artery intima-media thickness.
10aAged10aBrain10aCardiovascular Diseases10aCerebral Infarction10aCross-Sectional Studies10aFemale10aHumans10aIschemic Attack, Transient10aMagnetic Resonance Imaging10aMale10aOdds Ratio10aPopulation Surveillance10aPredictive Value of Tests10aPrevalence10aProspective Studies10aRisk Factors10aUnited States1 aBhadelia, R, A1 aAnderson, M1 aPolak, J, F1 aManolio, T A1 aBeauchamp, N1 aKnepper, L1 aO'Leary, D H uhttps://chs-nhlbi.org/node/1524