Cerebral Microvascular Injury in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device : a Neuropathological Study

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Strokes are common among patients with left ventricular devices (LVAD). We hypothesize that there is ongoing cerebral microvascular injury with LVAD support and aim to describe this among LVAD-implanted patients through post-mortem neuropathologic evaluation. We identified and reviewed medical records of LVAD patients who underwent brain autopsy between January 2006 and December 2019 at a tertiary center. Cerebral injury was defined as both gross and microscopic injuries within the intracranial space including cerebral infarct (CI), hypoxic-ischemic brain injury (HIBI), intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), and cerebral microvascular injury. Cerebral microvascular injury was defined as microscopic brain intraparenchymal or perivascular hemorrhage, perivascular hemosiderin deposition, and perivascular inflammation. Twenty-one patients (median age = 57 years, 67% male) had autopsy after LVAD support (median LVAD support = 51 days). The median time from death to autopsy was 19 h. All 21 patients had cerebral injuries and 19 (90%) patients had cerebral microvascular injuries. Fourteen patients (78%) harbored more than one type of cerebral injury. On gross examination, 8 patients (38%) had CI, and 6 patients (29%) had ICH. On microscopic exam, 12 patients (57%) had microscopic intraparenchymal hemorrhage, 3 patients (14%) had perivascular hemorrhage, 11 patients (43%) had perivascular hemosiderin deposition, 5 patients (24%) had meningeal hemorrhage, 13 patients had chronic perivascular inflammation (62%), and 2 patients had diffuse HIBI (10%). Among patients with LVAD, there is a high prevalence of subclinical microvascular injuries and cerebral microbleeds (CMBs), which may provide some insights to the cause of frequent cerebral injury in LVAD population.

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ErratumIn: Transl Stroke Res. 2021 Oct 19;:. - PMID 34665438

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Translational stroke research - 13(2022), 2 vom: 07. Apr., Seite 257-264

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fan, Tracey H [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Sung-Min [VerfasserIn]
Prayson, Richard A [VerfasserIn]
Hassett, Catherine E [VerfasserIn]
Starling, Randall C [VerfasserIn]
Uchino, Ken [VerfasserIn]

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9011-92-1
Autopsy
Cerebral hemorrhage
Cerebral infarction
Cerebral microbleeds
Hemosiderin
Journal Article
Microvascular injury
Ventricular assist device

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Date Completed 29.04.2022

Date Revised 05.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: Transl Stroke Res. 2021 Oct 19;:. - PMID 34665438

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12975-021-00935-z

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NLM330364928