Idiopathic primary intraventricular hemorrhage and cerebral small vessel disease

Abstract

Background

Although primary intraventricular hemorrhage is frequently due to trauma or vascular lesions, the etiology of idiopathic primary intraventricular hemorrhage (IP-IVH) is not defined.

Aims

Herein, we test the hypothesis that cerebral small vessel diseases (cSVD) including hypertensive cSVD (HTN-cSVD) and cerebral amyloid angiopathy are associated with IP-IVH.

Methods

Brain magnetic resonance imaging from consecutive patients (January 2011 to September 2019) with non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage from a single referral center were reviewed for the presence of HTN-cSVD (defined by strictly deep or mixed-location intracerebral hemorrhage/cerebral microbleeds) and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (applying modified Boston criteria).

Results

Forty-six (4%) out of 1276 patients were identified as having IP-IVH. Among these, the mean age was 74.4 ± 12.2 years and 18 (39%) were females. Forty (87%) had hypertension, and the mean initial blood pressure was 169.2 ± 40.4/88.8 ± 22.2 mmHg. Of the 35 (76%) patients who received a brain magnetic resonance imaging, two (6%) fulfilled the modified Boston criteria for possible cerebral amyloid angiopathy and 10 (29%) for probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy was found at a similar frequency when comparing IP-IVH patients to the remaining patients with primary intraparenchymal hemorrhage (P-IPH) (27%, p = 0.85). Furthermore, imaging evidence for HTN-cSVD was found in 8 (24%) patients with IP-IVH compared to 209 (28%, p = 0.52) patients with P-IPH.

Conclusions

Among IP-IVH patients, cerebral amyloid angiopathy was found in approximately one-third of patients, whereas HTN-cSVD was detected in 23%—both similar rates to P-IPH patients. Our results suggest that both cSVD subtypes may be associated with IP-IVH.

Keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage cerebral amyloid angiopathy cerebral small vessel diseases

Introduction

Intraventricular hemorrhage is often seen as an extension of primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) or subarachnoid hemorrhage. However, isolated intraventricular hemorrhage (termed primary intraventricular hemorrhage^1–3) is frequently caused by vascular lesions including aneurysms or arterial venous malformations,^4,5 and is seen in 2.7% of patients with spontaneous ICH.⁶ In the absence of an underlying cause, idiopathic primary intraventricular hemorrhage (IP-IVH) is generally attributed to hypertension, as this risk factor has been frequently observed in these patients.^7,8 However, in patients with ICH, hypertension as a comorbidity is found at high frequencies even in patients in whom hypertensive cerebral small vessel disease (HTN-cSVD) is not the primary driver.^9,10 Further evidence supporting hypertension as the main substrate for IP-IVH is lacking. The last decade has seen the validation of both hemorrhagic (cerebral microbleeds (CMBs), cortical superficial siderosis (cSS)) and ischemic (white matter hyperintensities (WMHs), lacunes, enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS)) brain imaging markers, the severity and distribution of which can aid in determining the presence of the two most common types of cSVD, i.e. HTN-cSVD and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA).

Aims/hypothesis

Herein, we sought to characterize the prevalence of cSVD phenotypes in IP-IVH by assessing these established magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers of cSVD and comparing them to a cohort of patients with spontaneous primary intraparenchymal hemorrhage (P-IPH). In this preliminary study, our primary hypothesis was that, in addition to severe HTN-cSVD, a diagnosis of CAA can be established in an IP-IVH patient population using the validated modified Boston criteria.¹¹

Methods

Patient selection

Patients with IP-IVH from January 2011 to September 2019 were retrospectively identified from our center’s prospectively entered database of consecutive patients with spontaneous ICH. Patients with any evidence of trauma (recent trauma history, skull fractures, concomitant subdural hemorrhage, or polytrauma) were omitted from this database. Within the IP-IVH cohort, patients who did not receive at least one angiographic study (CT angiogram, MR angiogram, or digital subtraction angiography (DSA)) during their inpatient stay or patients with a causative vascular lesion such as aneurysm or arteriovenous malformation were excluded.

Clinical and demographic variables

Demographic information and medical history, including vascular risk factors were obtained from patient charts as previously described.¹² Pre-hospital antithrombotics, initial blood pressure, pre-morbid modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score,¹³ admission Glasgow Coma Scale scores, management strategies (including use of extraventricular drain), discharge mRS, discharge Glasgow Outcome Scale scales, and hospital length of stay were also recorded. Within the IP-IVH cohort, the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (as a surrogate for systemic hypertensive end-organ dysfunction¹⁴ and HTN-cSVD¹⁵) was determined by reviewing transthoracic echocardiography reports.

CT analysis

The location of the hemorrhage on computed tomography (CT) was classified as either deep, lobar, intraventricular, cerebellar, or mixed by board-certified neurologists (ASD and RWR). Patients were diagnosed with IP-IVH when the hemorrhage was restricted to the ventricles only. The remaining cohort was classified as P-IPH. Hemorrhage volume was calculated with a semiautomated planimetric method using available software (Analyze 11.0, Mayo Clinic) as previously described.¹⁶ The modality of angiography and modified Graeb score (Table 1 and Figure 1) were also recorded.¹⁷

Table 1.

Modified Graeb scoring system.

Ventricular blood %	Left lateral ventricle	Right lateral ventricle	Left posterior tip	Right posterior tip	Left temporal tip	Right temporal tip	Third ventricle	Fourth ventricle
None	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
≤25%	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
>25% to ≤50%	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
>50% to ≤75%	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4
>75% to 100%	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	4
Ventricular expansion	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Table depicting the modified Graeb scoring system. Ventricular regions are giving a score ranging from 0 to 4 based on the percentage of hemorrhage in each area.

To test the hypothesis that IP-IVH may originate near areas of potentially high vascular amyloid burden, scans in which the IVH was predominantly in the lateral ventricles were identified. Specifically, if the Graeb scores in the lateral ventricles were ≥2, if the temporal tip scores were ≥1, and if the posterior tip scores were ≥1, these patients were identified as having IP-IVH near lobar regions. If patients had Graeb score ≥1 for the third or fourth ventricle, these patients were not considered as having IP-IVH located near lobar regions.

MRI analysis

Brain MRIs were reviewed by a board-certified neurologist (ASD) for the presence of cSVD markers (as defined by STRIVE criteria¹⁸) including cerebral microinfarcts,¹⁹ WMHs (graded using Fazekas score²⁰ and classified according to established patterns¹⁰), lacunes,²¹ EPVS (graded as previously described²²), cSS,²³ and CMBs. Severe WMHs were defined as Fazekas score ≥ 2 and severe EPVS were defined as a score > 2.²² The presence of CAA was diagnosed based on the ICH location and presence and distribution of strictly lobar CMBs and cSS per modified Boston criteria.²⁴ Patients with strictly deep or mixed-location ICH/CMBs were characterized as having HTN-cSVD.²⁵ The SVD score was determined for each patient.²⁶

Statistical analysis

Baseline demographics, clinical outcomes, and imaging characteristics were compared between patients with IP-IVH and P-IPH. In a subset of patients with P-IPH that were diagnosed with CAA and HTN-cSVD, additional comparisons of baseline demographics and imaging characteristics were made to patients with IP-IVH. Median and interquartile range (IQR) were reported for continuous variables and percent and count were reported for categorical variables. Differences were assessed using either t-test or the nonparametric Wilcoxon rank-sum for continuous variables and Fisher’s Exact test for categorical variables. Two-tailed p values < 0.05 were interpreted as statistically significant. Analyses were performed with SPSS for Windows, version 23.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., USA). Approval for this study was granted by Mass General Brigham Institutional Review Board. Informed consent was waived for this study given its retrospective nature.

Results

A total of 1276 patients were included in our center’s database of consecutive patients with spontaneous ICH between 2011 and 2019. From this cohort, 46 (4%) patients met inclusion criteria and were found to have IP-IVH without trauma or any vascular lesion capable of causing the hemorrhage. Of the patients with IP-IVH, 42 (91%) received a CT angiogram, 17 (37%) received a MR angiogram, 12 (26%) received a DSA, and 20 (43%) received more than one study. Thirty-five (76%) patients with IP-IVH received a brain MRI and 750 (61%) patients with spontaneous P-IPH received a brain MRI (p = 0.04).

The baseline characteristics of the patient population are shown in Table 2. The mean age of patients with IP-IVH was 74.4 ± 12.2 years. Twenty-eight (61%) patients were males and 18 (39%) patients were females, with a male-to-female ratio of 1.55:1 (similar to 1:58:1 reported in another study of IP-IVH⁷). Hypertension was the most common vascular risk factor and was seen in 87% of patients with IP-IVH compared to 82% with P-IPH (p = 0.56). Within the IP-IVH group, 19 (43%) patients were found to have LVH. Atrial fibrillation, smoking history, dementia, and anticoagulation usage were more common in patients with IP-IVH than patients with P-IPH (p < 0.05 for all comparisons).

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.

	IP-IVH (n = 46)	P-IPH (n = 1230)	p Value
Age (years), mean ± SD	74 (±12)	73 (±13)	0.407
Female sex	18 (39)	555 (45)	0.454
Medical history
Hypertension	40 (87)	1008 (82)	0.555
Hyperlipidemia	27 (59)	612 (50)	0.234
Diabetes	14 (30)	291 (24)	0.293
Coronary artery disease	15 (33)	270 (22)	0.088
Atrial fibrillation	19 (41)	289 (24)	0.008
Prior cerebrovascular events
Previous ischemic stroke	12 (26)	212 (17)	0.164
Previous hemorrhage	2 (4)	125 (10)	0.311
Substance use
Smoking history	31 (67)	628 (51)	0.035
Alcohol abuse	17 (37)	451 (37)	0.968
Premorbid disability
Prior dependence	15 (33)	272 (22)	0.105
Dementia	9 (20)	124 (10)	0.048
Baseline mRS, median (IQR)	1 (0, 3)	0 (0, 2)	0.066
Antithrombotic therapies
None	11 (24)	504 (41)	0.021
Antiplatelet	26 (57)	456 (37)	0.232
Anticoagulant	17 (37)	270 (22)	0.029

Data are counts (n) and percentages (%), means and standard deviations (SD), or medians and interquartile ranges (IQR).

mRS: modified Rankin Scale; IP-IVH: idiopathic primary intraventricular hemorrhage; P-IPH: primary intraparenchymal hemorrhage.

As shown in Table 3, the mean systolic blood pressure on presentation was similar between groups (169.2 ± 40.4 mmHg in the IP-IVH group and 175.4 ± 34.7 mmHg in the P-IPH group, p = 0.30). 89% of patients in each group had poor discharge functional outcomes (mRS > 2). However, the length of stay was greater in the IP-IVH group than in the P-IPH group (p = 0.01). Furthermore, 52% of patients in the IP-IVH group were still hospitalized after one week compared to 35% in the P-IPH group (p = 0.03).

Table 3.

Presenting characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage.

	IP-IVH (n = 46)	P-IPH (n = 1230)	p Value
Glasgow coma scale score, median (IQR)	14 (8, 15)	14 (7, 15)	0.370
Systolic blood pressure, mean ± SD	169.2 (±40.4)	175.4 (±34.7)	0.303
Diastolic blood pressure, mean ± SD	88.8 (±22.2)	92.3 (±21.8)	0.295
Laboratory values, mean ± SD
White blood cell count (×10³/µL)	11.4 (±4.6)	9.7 (±4.3)	0.015
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	13.9 (±1.9)	13.6 (±1.8)	0.223
Platelets (×10³/µL)	227.0 (±78.0)	222.8 (±74.5)	0.727
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.1 (±0.8)	1.0 (±0.5)	0.197
International normalized ratio	1.5 (±0.9)	1.4 (±0.9)	0.529
Clinical outcomes, median (IQR)
Discharge modified Rankin scale score	4 (4, 6)	4 (4, 6)	0.494
Length of stay	10 (5, 18)	6 (3, 12)	0.005
Poor outcomes
Discharge modified Rankin scale score > 2	41 (89)	1099 (89)	0.962
Discharge mortality	12 (26)	379 (31)	0.625

Data are counts (n) and percentages (%), means and standard deviations (SD), or medians and interquartile ranges (IQR).

IP-IVH: idiopathic primary intraventricular hemorrhage; P-IPH: primary intraparenchymal hemorrhage.

To determine whether cSVD is prominent in patients with IP-IVH, we compared the presence and burden of MRI-based cSVD biomarkers in IP-IVH patients to those with P-IPH (summarized in Table 4). There were no significant differences in the presence of cSVD markers between the IP-IVH cohort and the P-IPH cohort, although there was a trend toward an increased frequency of multiple subcortical spots pattern in patients with IPH-IVH compared to those with P-IPH (22% vs. 11%, p = 0.06).

Table 4.

Imaging characteristics of intracerebral hemorrhage.

	IP-IVH	P-IPH	p Value
CT-based imaging characteristics	(n = 46)	(n = 1230)
Hemorrhage volume, mean ± SD (mm 3 )	54.6 (±51.8)	44.2 (±51.3)	0.482
Modified Graeb score, median (IQR)	5 (3, 8)	─	─
IVH near lobar regions	28 (61)	─	─
MRI-based imaging characteristics	(n = 35)	(n = 750)
Presence of cerebral microinfarcts	6 (16)	97 (13)	0.614
Severe white matter hyperintensities (Fazekas ≥ 2)	32 (87)	584 (77)	0.228
White matter hyperintensity patterns
Multiple subcortical spots	8 (22)	81 (11)	0.057
Anterior subcortical patches	10 (27)	114 (15)	0.062
Large posterior subcortical patches	13 (35)	198 (26)	0.254
Peri-basal ganglia pattern	2 (5)	57 (8)	0.628
Presence of lacunes	18 (49)	253 (34)	0.075
Presence of deep lacunes	15 (41)	220 (29)	0.143
Presence of lobar lacunes	5 (14)	73 (10)	0.399
Presence of severe perivascular spaces (BG)	7 (19)	82 (11)	0.175
Presence of severe perivascular spaces (CSO)	5 (14)	69 (9)	0.380
Presence of cortical superficial siderosis	7 (20)	121 (16)	0.489
Presence of cerebral microbleeds	18 (51)	424 (57)	0.603
Presence of cerebral microbleeds (deep)	8 (23)	193 (26)	0.844
Presence of cerebral microbleeds (lobar)	14 (40)	344 (46)	0.603
Strictly deep ICH/microbleeds	4 (11)	58 (7)	0.349
Strictly lobar ICH/microbleeds	10 (29)	209 (28)	0.928
Mixed-location ICH/microbleeds	4 (11)	135 (18)	0.495
No microbleeds	17 (49)	348 (46)	0.863
Presence of any cSVD biomarker	33 (94)	667 (89)	0.415
SVD score, median (IQR)	2 (1, 3)	2 (1, 3)	0.066
Etiologic classification
Undetermined	15 (43)	188 (25)	0.028
Hypertensive cerebral small vessel disease	8 (23)	209 (28)	0.517
Possible cerebral amyloid angiopathy	2 (6)	148 (20)	0.045
Probable cerebral amyloid angiopathy	10 (29)	205 (27)	0.848
Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (total)	12 (34)	353 (47)	0.166

Data are counts (n) and percentages (%), means and standard deviations (SD), or medians and interquartile ranges (IQR).

CT: computed tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; IVH: idiopathic primary intraventricular hemorrhage; P-IPH: intraparenchymal hemorrhage; BG: basal ganglia; CSO: centrum semiovale; ICH: intracerebral hemorrhage; cSVD: cerebral small vessel disease.

Utilizing the presence and distribution of CMBs and cSS, the frequency of HTN-cSVD and CAA was compared between groups. In the IP-IVH group, possible CAA was diagnosed in 2 (6%) patients and probable CAA was diagnosed in 10 (29%) patients using the modified Boston criteria. While the presence of possible CAA was lower in patients with IP-IVH compared to those with P-IPH (6% vs. 20%, p = 0.05), notably, probable CAA was found at a similar frequency compared to the P-IPH group (29% vs. 27%, p = 0.85). Moreover, a diagnosis of possible/probable CAA was found at similar frequencies in each group (34% in the IP-IVH group and 47% in the P-IPH group, p = 0.17). In addition to CAA, the frequency of HTN-cSVD was also similar between groups (23% in IP-IVH and 28% in P-IPH, p = 0.52).

In the subset of patients with P-IPH diagnosed with CAA or HTN-cSVD, the mean age of patients with IP-IVH was similar to those with CAA-related IPH (CAA-IPH) (74 ± 12 years vs. 75 ± 11 years, p = 0.90) as compared to patients with HTN-cSVD-related IPH (HTN-IPH) (70 ± 14 years, p = 0.01) (Supplementary Table 1). Similar to the results of Table 1, smoking history was more common in patients with IP-IVH (67%) than in patients with HTN-IPH (52%) and CAA-IPH (50%) (p < 0.05 for both comparisons). Patients with IP-IVH had higher rates of baseline dependence, disability, and dementia than patients with either HTN-IPH or CAA-IPH (p < 0.05 for all comparisons). Lastly, patients with IP-IVH had a higher burden of atrial fibrillation and anticoagulant usage than patients with either subtype of P-IPH (p < 0.05 for all comparisons).

In the imaging analysis of patients with HTN-IPH and CAA-IPH (Supplementary Table 2), a similar frequency of multiple subcortical spots pattern was found among patients with IP-IVH and CAA-IPH (22% vs. 11%, p = 0.11) compared to those with HTN-IPH (22% vs. 10%, p = 0.04). However, the presence of deep lacunes and deep EPVS was lower in patients with CAA-IPH than those with IP-IVH (p < 0.05 for both comparisons). Notably, deep CMBs were more common in patients with HTN-IPH compared to those with IP-IVH (48% vs. 23%, p < 0.01), and cSS was less common in patients with HTN-IPH compared to those with IP-IVH (8% vs. 20%, p = 0.02).

Within the IP-IVH group, of the 15 patients that did not have any CMBs or cSS, 13 (87%) had at least one marker of severe cSVD including moderate-to-severe WMHs, lacunes, or severe EPVS. No patients diagnosed with CAA received an autopsy or had tissue sent for pathological evaluation. Only one patient in the study received an autopsy which did not show any causative vascular lesion or CAA but did reveal an incidental capillary telangiectasia. The same patient received a brain MRI during the time of their hemorrhage which did not reveal any CMBs or cSS.

In the IP-IVH cohort, 28 (61%) patients were identified as having IP-IVH near lobar regions. A greater proportion of patients with CAA had IVH located near lobar areas compared to non-lobar areas (or in both locations) (83% vs. 50%, p = 0.18); however, this was not statistically significant. To further confirm the validity of the HTN-cSVD diagnosis within IP-IVH patients, the presence of left ventricular hypertrophy was compared between patients with CAA and those with HTN-cSVD. Notably, 6 of the 8 (75%) patients with HTN-cSVD had evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy on transthoracic echocardiography compared to 4 of the 10 (40%) patients with CAA (p = 0.07). Interestingly, the presence of hypertension was not significantly different between the two groups (p = 0.24).

Discussion

Herein, we demonstrate that the frequencies of the cSVD subtypes (CAA and HTN-cSVD) and cSVD biomarkers were similar between the IP-IVH cohort and a cohort of spontaneous P-IPH, suggesting that cSVD may be a likely etiology of IP-IVH. Contrasting the purported notion that IP-IVH is mediated by HTN-cSVD (of which hypertension is a risk factor),⁷ approximately one-third of patients with IP-IVH had underlying possible/probable CAA based on the presence and distribution of validated hemorrhagic markers on brain MRI. Furthermore, the frequency of LVH found in our entire IP-IVH cohort (43%) was similar to the frequency of LVH that has been reported in P-IPH patients (32%–60%),^25,27 suggesting that HTN-cSVD is not overrepresented in patients with IP-IVH. When IP-IVH was compared to the patients with HTN-IPH and CAA-IPH, we found a similar frequency of CAA-related markers such as multiple subcortical spots pattern and cSS in patients with IP-IVH and CAA-IPH. Furthermore, patients with HTN-IPH had a much higher burden of deep CMBs than did patients with IP-IVH. Although we found a similar burden of deep lacunes and severe basal ganglia perivascular spaces in patients with IP-IVH and HTN-IPH, we believe these findings confirm the notion that HTN-cSVD may also contribute to the development of IP-IVH.

The vast majority (83%) of the patients with CAA had probable CAA, which carries a specificity of 95.5% for the diagnosis of CAA based on the validation study of modified Boston criteria.¹¹ Interestingly, only 4 (11%) patients had strictly deep CMBs despite the high prevalence of hypertension in our study. A similar amount however, had mixed-location microbleeds, which have been suggested to be caused by HTN-cSVD.^25,28 Collating the patients with strictly deep or mixed-location CMBs, 8 (23%) patients with IP-IVH likely had HTN-cSVD as the primary etiology of their hemorrhage. In this cohort, there was a trend toward an increased presence of left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with HTN-cSVD compared to those with CAA, further confirming the validity of the underlying HTN-cSVD diagnosis. Therefore, it appears that both CAA and HTN-cSVD are both plausible explanations for the development of IP-IVH. Even in patients without any CMBs or cSS, an overwhelming majority (87%) had imaging evidence of cSVD, suggesting that cSVD is indeed an etiology of IP-IVH.

Compared to patients with HTN-IPH, patients with IP-IVH were older and were of a similar age to those with CAA-IPH. Such age disparity between patients with HTN-cSVD and CAA is well-described in the literature and suggests that CAA may be an important contributor to IP-IVH.^10,21,25 Interestingly, smoking was found at a higher frequency in patients with IP-IVH than those with P-IPH (or HTN-IPH and CAA-IPH). While tobacco is both a risk factor for ICH and CMB development, smoking has not been specifically linked to IP-IVH in previous studies; however, we speculate that smoking may increase the propensity for ependymal vessels to rupture leading to IP-IVH.^29,30 Consistent with previous studies showing increased intraventricular extension in anticoagulation users,^31–34 anticoagulation usage (and consequently atrial fibrillation) was shown to be more common among patients with IP-IVH and suggests that oral anticoagulation-related hemorrhages are more likely to dissect into the ventricular system.

Another noteworthy result of our study was the finding that patients with IP-IVH had higher levels of premorbid disability and dementia. Such findings are consistent with the trend toward higher SVD scores found in patients with IP-IVH compared to those with P-IPH. Furthermore, it is likely that patients with higher disability have a higher likelihood of having atrial fibrillation and using oral anticoagulants, which in turn, are related to the development of IP-IVH. Given the high frequency of premorbid disability, it is not surprising that patients with IP-IVH had equally devastating functional outcomes and longer lengths of stay as those with P-IPH. However, these associations warrant further study in larger data sets to provide further mechanistic insight.

In several instances of IP-IVH, the hemorrhage is often seen arising from the lateral ventricles, near either the occipital or temporal cortex. These posterior lobar regions are potential sites of high amyloid-β (Aβ)³⁵ deposition leading to CMBs in CAA.³⁶ Conceivably, the ependymal vessels that supply the lateral ventricles may become fragile with Aβ deposition and subsequently rupture, leading to IP-IVH. In our study, although a greater proportion of patients with CAA had IVH located near lobar regions, this did not meet the threshold for statistical significance likely due to the small sample size.

Some limitations to this study include its retrospective nature and relatively small sample size; however, due to the rarity of this disease these challenges are not easily overcome. Not all patients underwent a brain MRI (76%), so subtle intraparenchymal hemorrhage may have been missed. Furthermore, not all patients underwent cerebral DSA so a small vascular lesion may have been undetected. However, the entire cohort underwent CTA or MRA, and 20 (43%) patients received more than one angiographic study thereby mitigating this concern. Another limitation of the study is that the Boston criteria have not been validated in patients with primary IVH, so our findings should be interpreted with some caution. Lastly, because our database included only patients without any culprit vascular lesions, an analysis of all patients with primary IVH (both IP-IVH and primary IVH caused by vascular abnormalities) was not possible.

In summary, in a relatively large cohort of patients with IP-IVH, we confirm the notion that HTN-cSVD and CAA may represent underlying etiologies for IP-IVH. The similar frequency of both major cSVD subtypes in the IP-IVH cohort compared to the P-IPH cohort suggests that cSVD is associated with the development of IP-IVH. This novel association warrants further study using advanced imaging and/or confirmatory pathological correlations.

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Footnotes

Declaration of conflicting interests

The author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Gurol received research grants to his hospital from AVID, Pfizer and Boston Scientific Corporation. The other authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.

Funding

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported by grants from the Heitman Young Investigator Fund as well as the National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke NS083711, R01NS114526, 5R01NS096730-04, and 5R01AG026484.

Data availability

Unpublished data are available upon reasonable request by a qualifying investigator.

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