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  4. Comparison of acoustocerebrography measurement and magnetic resonance imaging methods in the assessment of white matter lesions in patiens with atrial fibrillation
 
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2020
Journal Article
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Comparison of acoustocerebrography measurement and magnetic resonance imaging methods in the assessment of white matter lesions in patiens with atrial fibrillation

Abstract
The brain is subject to damage, due to ageing, physiological processes and/or disease. Some of the damage is acute in nature, such as strokes; some is more subtle, like white matter lesions. White matter lesions or hyperintensities (WMH) can be one of the first signs of micro brain damage. We implemented the Acoustocerebrography (ACG) as an easy to use method designed to capture differing states of human brain tissue and the respective changes. Aim: The purpose of the study is to compare the efficacy of ACG and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to detect WMH in patients with clinically silent atrial fibrillation (AF). Methods and results: The study included 97 patients (age 66.26 ± 6.54 years) with AF. CHA2DS2-VASc score (2.5 ±1.3) and HAS BLED (1.65 ± 0.9). According to MRI data, the patients were assigned into four groups depending on the number of lesions: L0 - 0 to 4 lesions, L5 - 5 to 9 lesions, L10 - 10 to 29 lesions, and L30 - 30 or more lesions. Authors found that the ACG method clearly differentiates the groups L0 (with 0-4 lesions) and L30 (with more than 30 lesions) of WMH patients. Fisher's Exact Test shows that this correlation is highly significant (p < 0:001). Conclusion: ACG is a new, easy and cost-effective method for detecting WMH in patients with atrial fibrillation. The ACG measurement methodology should become increasingly useful for the assessment of WMH.
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Dobkowska-Chudon, Wioletta
Disctrict Hospital, Cardiology, Radom, Poland
Wrobel, Miroslaw
Fraunhofer-Institut für Zelltherapie und Immunologie IZI  
Frankowska, Emilia
Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Zegadlo, Arkadiusz
Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Krupienicz, Andrzej
Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Nowicki, Andrzej
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Olszewski, Robert
National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
Journal
Archives of acoustics  
Open Access
DOI
10.24425/aoa.2020.134060
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English
Fraunhofer-Institut für Zelltherapie und Immunologie IZI  
Keyword(s)
  • Acoustocerebrography

  • atrial fibrillation

  • Brain MRI

  • white matter hyperintensities

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