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- Fig 1.
Two cases of retrograde leptomeningeal collateral flow in areas corresponding to FVH. A and B, Case 1: FLAIR demonstrates FVH (arrow) in the Sylvian fissure with an angiogram (B) showing grade 3 collaterals from the ipsilateral ACA. C and D, Case 2: FLAIR (C) demonstrates temporoparietal FVH with ACA-MCA leptomeningeal collaterals on the angiogram (D).
- Fig 2.
A case showing grade 4 collaterals on angiography (A) and FVH (C−E) distal to thrombus, demonstrated as an area of blooming artifact (B).
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Features Data No. of patients 74 Age (yr) Mean, 63.4 Sex 36 Women (48%) Median time from MRI to angiography (hr) 2.9 (IQR, 1.1–4.7) FVH present 53/74 (72%) FVH in arterial territory of ischemia 53/53 (100%) Location of FVH Sylvian fissure 50/53 (94%) Temporal lobe 47/53 (89%) Frontal lobe 28/53 (53%) Parietal lobe 18/53 (34%) Discontinuity or gap in FVH 26/53 (49%) FVH not noted on angiography 21 (28%) Angiographic findings in FVH-negative cases MCA M1 occlusion 1 MCA M1 stenosis with anterograde flow 2 MCA M2 occlusion 2 Distal (M3 or greater) occlusion 8 ICA occlusion without MCA occlusion 2 Vertebrobasilar occlusion 3 Posterior cerebral occlusion 2 Anterior choroidal occlusion 1 Note:—MRI indicates MR imaging; FVH, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery vascular hyperintensities; MCA, middle cerebral artery; ICA, internal carotid artery.
- Table 2:
The ASITN/SIR collateral-flow grading system to determine angiographic collateral grade on pretreatment angiography
ASTIN/SIR Collateral Grade Definition 0 No collaterals visible to the ischemic site 1 Slow collaterals to the periphery of the ischemic site with persistence of some of the defect 2 Rapid collaterals to the periphery of ischemic site with persistence of some of the defect and to only a portion of the ischemic territory 3 Collaterals with slow but complete angiographic blood flow of the ischemic bed by the late venous phase 4 Complete and rapid collateral blood flow to the vascular bed in the entire ischemic territory by retrograde perfusion Note:—ASTIN/SIR indicates American Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology/Society of Interventional Radiology.7
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