Accepted Manuscript Title: Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in cryptogenic stroke patients under 60 years with patent foramen ovale Author: Claire Boutet Laure Rouffiange-Leclair Fabrice-Guy Barral Pierre Garnier J´erˆome Varvat Magali Epinat Jean-Christophe Antoine Sara Quenet Daphn´e Delsart Patrick Mismetti PII: DOI: Reference:
S0720-048X(14)00058-8 http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.01.022 EURR 6668
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European Journal of Radiology
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8-7-2013 19-1-2014 27-1-2014
Please cite this article as: Boutet C, Rouffiange-Leclair L, Barral F-G, Garnier P, Varvat J, Epinat M, Antoine J-C, Quenet S, Delsart D, Mismetti P, Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in cryptogenic stroke patients under 60 years with patent foramen ovale., European Journal of Radiology (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.01.022 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
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Title: Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in cryptogenic stroke patients under 60 years with
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Claire Boutet, MD, PhD:
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, France
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Thrombosis Research Group EA 3065, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France
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Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, France Phone.: +33 477 828 355
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[email protected] Fabrice-Guy Barral MD, PhD:
Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, Hôpital Nord, 42055 SaintEtienne Cedex 2, France Thrombosis Research Group EA 3065, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France
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Phone.: +33 477 828 355 Email:
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Pierre Garnier, MD:
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Thrombosis Research Group EA 3065, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France
Magali Epinat, MD:
Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, France Thrombosis Research Group EA 3065, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France Phone.: +33 477 828 355
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[email protected] Jean-Christophe Antoine MD, PhD: Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Saint-Etienne, France
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Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM U1028 - CNRS UMR5292 EA 4338, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France Phone.: +33 477 828 355
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Sara Quenet, MD:
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Thrombosis Research Group EA 3065, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France Phone.: +33 477 828 355
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Daphné Delsart, MD:
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Inserm, CIE3, F- 42055 Saint-Etienne, France Phone.: +33 477 828 355
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[email protected] Patrick Mismetti, MD, PhD:
Department of Therapeutic Medicine, CHU Saint-Etienne, Hôpital Nord, Saint-Etienne, France Thrombosis Research Group EA 3065, Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France Inserm, CIE3, F- 42055 Saint-Etienne, France Phone.: +33 477 828 355 3 Page 3 of 25
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ABSTRACT Purpose: To compare magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain feature in cryptogenic stroke patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO), cryptogenic stroke patients without PFO and
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patients with cardioembolic stroke. Materials and methods: The ethics committee required neither institutional review board
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approval nor informed patient consent for retrospective analyses of the patients' medical
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records and imaging data. The patients' medical files were retrospectively reviewed in accordance with human subject research protocols. Ninety-two patients under 60 years of age
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were included; 15 with cardioembolic stroke, 32 with cryptogenic stroke with PFO and 45 with cryptogenic stroke without PFO. Diffusion-weighted imaging of brain MRI was
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performed by a radiologist blinded to clinical data. Univariate, Fischer’s exact test for qualitative data and non-parametric Wilcoxon test for quantitative data were used.
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Results: There was no statistically significant difference found between MRI features of
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patients with PFO and those with cardioembolic stroke (p