Calcified Cerebral Embolism
Conditions
Keywords
calcified cerebral embolism, cerebral infarction, radiological characteristics
Brief summary
Calcified cerebral embolism (CCE) is a relatively rare but underdiagnosed cause of infarction. CCE diagnosis is made by CT. Radiological characteristics of CCE have been reported in small case series. The aim of this study was to describe clinical and radiological characteristics of CCE in a large number of patients, and to compare patients with different radiological CCE characteristics.
Interventions
None, purely observational study
Sponsors
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with CEE treated with intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) between 2015 and 2020 managed at the CHU de Nîmes or Patients with TIA/stroke with ECC identified on CT between 12/2019 and 04/2023 managed at CHU de Nîmes
Exclusion criteria
* Patient's refusal to use his/her data
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calcified aortic brachiocephalic | baseline | looking for calcified aortic brachiocephalic (presence or absence) |
| cardiovascular risk | baseline | Study of cardiovascular risk factors (presence or absence) |
| history of stroke | baseline | Presence of a history of stroke (y/n) |
| Population | baseline | demographic characteristics age (years) |
| history of surgical/endovascular cardiovascular intervention | baseline | surgical/endovascular cardiovascular intervention (y/n) |
| NIHSS | baseline | NIHSS score (Score between 1 and 4: minor stroke, Score between 5 and 15: moderate, stroke, Score between 15 and 20: severe stroke) Score \> 20: severe stroke |
| calcified aortic arch | baseline | looking for calcified aortic arch (presence/absence) |
| calcified carotid | baseline | looking for calcified carotid (presence/absence) |
| atherosclerotic plaques | baseline | looking for atherosclerotic plaques (presence/absence) |
| calcified aortic valves | baseline | looking for calcified aortic valves (presence/absence) |
| calcified mitral valves | baseline | looking for calcified mitral valves (presence/absence) |
| CCE diameter | baseline | CCE diameter measurement (mm) |
| density | baseline | CCE density (uh) |
| involved cerebral artery | baseline | description of involved cerebral artery |
Countries
France
Contacts
STUDY_DIRECTORAnissa MEGZARI
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Outcome results
None listed