Cerebrovascular Disease Progression in Patients With ACTA2 Arg179 Pathogenic Variants.

Neurology
Arne LauerPatricia L Musolino

Abstract

To establish progression of imaging biomarkers of stroke, arterial steno-occlusive disease, and white matter injury in patients with smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome caused by mutations in the ACTA2 gene, we analyzed 113 cerebral MRI scans from a retrospective cohort of 27 patients with ACTA2 Arg179 pathogenic variants. Systematic quantifications of arterial ischemic strokes and white matter lesions were performed on baseline and follow-up scans using planimetric methods. Critical stenosis and arterial vessel diameters were quantified applying manual and semiautomated methods to cerebral magnetic resonance angiograms. We then assessed correlations between arterial abnormalities and parenchymal injury. We found characteristic patterns of acute white matter ischemic injury and progressive internal carotid artery stenosis during infancy. Longitudinal analysis of patients older than 1.2 years showed stable white matter hyperintensities but increased number of cystic-like lesions over time. Progressive narrowing of the terminal internal carotid artery occurred in 80% of patients and correlated with the number of critical stenoses in cerebral arteries and arterial ischemic infarctions. Arterial ischemic strokes occurred in same ter...Continue Reading

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