16S rRNA gene amplicon-based gut microbiome signature in cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A prospective nested case-control pilot study

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However, gaps were detected in the role of intestinal microbiome in cerebral vasospasm (CVS) after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). This is the first pilot study aiming to test study feasibility and identify differences in gut microbiota between subjects with and without CVS following aSAH. A prospective nested case-control study with 1:1 matching was conducted recruiting subjects with aSAH: cases with CVS; and controls without CVS based on the clinical picture and structured bedside transcranial Doppler (TCD). Fecal samples for microbiota analyses by means of 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing were collected within the first 96 hours after ictus. Operational taxonomic unit tables were constructed, diversity metrics calculated, phylogenetic trees built, and differential abundance analysis (DAA) performed. At baseline, the groups did not differ significantly in basic demographic and aneurysm-related characteristics (p > 0.05). Alpha-diversity (richness and Shannon Index) was significantly reduced in cases of middle cerebral artery (MCA) vasospasm (p < 0.05). In DAA, relative abundance of genus Acidaminococcus was associated with MCA vasospasm (p = 0.00013). Two butyrate-producing genera, Intestinimonas and Butyricimonas , as well as [ Clostridium ] innocuum group had the strongest negative correlation with the mean blood flow velocity in anterior cerebral arteries (p < 0.01; rho = -0.63; -0.57, and − 0.57, respectively). In total, 16 gut microbial genera were identified to correlate with TCD parameters, and two intestinal genera correlated with outcome upon discharge. In this pilot study, we prove study feasibility and present the first preliminary evidence of gut microbiome signature associating with CVS as a significant cause of stroke in subjects with aSAH. 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It accounts for death or disability of approximately 20% of the aSAH survivors 1 . Despite its significance, cerebral vasospasm fundamentals remain obscure and it lacks effective prophylaxis or treatment. Gut-microbiota-brain axis (GMBA) is a bidirectional route of signaling between the digestive tract and central nervous system (CNS) that modulates health and disease and was shown to play a role in a plethora of neurological disorders such as ischemic stroke, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, or others 2–4 . Moreover, our group recently published a systematic review with a narrative synthesis which highlighted the role of gut microbiota in growth and rupture of intracranial aneurysms 5 . However, as we indicated, currently there are no studies searching associations between intestinal microbiota and CVS following aSAH. Since CVS poses a significant risk of permanent neurological disability or death, it is of great concern to seek new diagnostic and therapeutic targets to prevent or counteract this phenotype. Therefore, we aimed to investigate taxonomic components of gut microbiome as well as its ecological indices (alfa-diversity, beta-diversity) and their association with the presence of CVS and DIND after aSAH or with its surrogate markers in transcranial Doppler ultrasound examination as it is the only non-invasive and bedside modality to visualize in-vivo CVS. The primary objective of this pilot study was to assess feasibility at a small scale with recruitment rates, ultimate study completion rates, and troubleshooting as outcomes. The secondary objective was to search for preliminary clinical associations between microbiota and CVS utilizing the following outcomes: alfa-diversity, beta-diversity, differential abundance at a genus level, and correlation matrix of the microbial abundance. Results Patient characteristics 26 subjects with aSAH met the eligibility criteria and completed the entire study protocol. There were 18 women (69.2%) and eight men (30.8%), a proportion concordant with the female sex being a risk factor for aSAH (hazard ratio: 1.90 [95% CI, 1.47–2.46] PMID 31521957). The most prevalent locations of aneurysms were anterior communicating artery (n = 6; 23.1%), middle cerebral artery (n = 6; 23.1%) and internal carotid artery (n = 6; 23.1%), followed by posterior communicating artery (n = 5; 19.2%). Posterior circulation aneurysms comprised 30.8% (n = 8). A group of 13 patients developed CVS with DIND and 13 patients did not. Upon discharge, subjects with CVS had worse clinical outcome defined as an unfavorable ( 3 – 6 ) modified Rankin scale (62% versus 15%; p = 0.041, Fisher’s exact test). Table 1 and Table 2 provide study group characteristics. All elements of the STROBE statement were addressed and can be viewed in Supplementary Material 1. Table 3 summarizes the measurements of transcranial Doppler ultrasound examination. Table 1 Continuous variables of study groups. CVS – cerebral vasospasm. BMI – Body Mass Index. DIND – delayed ischemic neurologic deficit. GCS – Glasgow Coma Scale. SD – standard deviation. WFNS – World Federation of Neurological Surgeons grade. *Wilcoxon test. No CVS or DIND CVS with DIND Variable N Mean SD N Mean SD P* Age 13 55 12 13 50 14 0.166 BMI 13 26.7 3.2 13 26.2 5 0.798 Size of aneurysm 13 8 6.5 13 7.1 4.7 0.837 Hunt-Hess grade 13 2 0.71 13 2.4 0.87 0.248 WFNS before repair 13 1.7 1.1 13 1.9 1.1 0.369 GCS on admission 13 14 0.88 13 14 2.9 0.257 Table 2 Categorical variables of the study groups. CVS – cerebral vasospasm. DIND – delayed ischemic neurologic deficit. F – females. IVH – intraventricular hemorrhage. M – males. *Fisher’s exact test. **significant p value No CVS CVS with DIND Variable N Percent N Percent P* Sex 13 13 0.202 F 7 54% 11 85% M 6 46% 2 15% Active smoker 13 13 0.253 No 7 54% 3 23% Yes 6 46% 10 77% Alcohol abuser 13 13 0.676 No 10 77% 8 62% Yes 3 23% 5 38% Aneurysm location 13 13 0.202 Anterior circulation 11 85% 7 54% Posterior circulation 2 15% 6 46% Any comorbidities 13 13 1.0 No 4 31% 4 31% Yes 9 69% 9 69% Hypertension 13 13 0.441 No 5 38% 8 62% Yes 8 62% 5 38% Multiple comorbidities (≥ 2 ) 13 13 1.0 No 10 77% 10 77% Yes 3 23% 3 23% IVH 13 13 0.694 No 7 54% 5 38% Yes 6 46% 8 62% Type of repair 13 13 1.0 Endovascular 13 100% 12 92% Surgical 0 0% 1 8% Modified Rankin on discharge 13 13 0.041** Favorable (0–2) 11 85% 5 38% Unfavorable ( 3 – 6 ) 2 15% 8 62% Table 3 Transcranial Doppler ultrasound measurements. Velocities are presented in centimeters per second. Group A – without delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) or delayed ischemic neurological deficit (DIND); Group B – with DCI or DIND. ACA – anterior cerebral artery; BA – basilar artery; CVS – cerebral vasospasm; MCA – middle cerebral artery. NA – not available. *mean from both sides. **mean from the side with higher velocity Case # Group MCA mean velocity MCA pulsatility index MCA resistance index ACA mean velocity* ACA mean velocity 2** ACA pulsatility index ACA resistance index BA mean velocity BA pulsatility index 1 A 55 1,11 0,63 32 49 1,38 0,61 28 1,02 2 A 53 1,3 0,68 72 80 0,77 0,52 20 1,65 3 B 77 0,91 0,59 48 68 0,94 0,59 81 0,73 4 A 24 1,28 0,69 NA NA NA NA 37 1,43 5 B 103 0,9 0,57 67 67 0,92 0,58 61 1,07 6 B 282 0,32 0,26 111 111 1,47 0,94 37 0,84 7 B 77 1,05 0,61 57 76 1,02 0,6 21 2,08 8 B 92 1 0,62 125 125 0,8 0,54 21 1,51 9 B 89 1,31 0,71 52 52 1,68 0,79 58 1,4 10 B 112 0,72 0,51 98 98 0,62 0,45 61 1,02 11 A 119 119 0,75 72 84 0,71 0,51 67 0,97 12 B 211 0,88 0,56 62 76 0,83 0,55 60 0,96 13 B 134 0,97 0,6 58 61 1,1 0,63 41 1,32 14 A 79 0,72 0,5 51 78 0,62 0,45 52 0,71 15 A 88 1,18 0,67 81 81 1,08 0,63 21 2,02 16 A 88 0,85 0,55 44 44 1,38 0,73 37 1,15 17 B 228 0,57 0,41 70 74 0,99 0,6 63 1,11 18 A 74 0,72 0,51 62 67 0,65 0,48 63 0,78 19 B 188 0,62 0,45 67 100 1,12 0,64 59 1,22 20 A 96 0,52 0,4 54 60 0,61 0,45 43 0,82 21 B 67 1,2 0,67 56 75 1,11 0,65 60 1,21 22 A 57 0,64 0,46 72 72 0,56 0,42 34 1,51 23 A 115 0,75 0,52 76 76 0,73 0,51 45 0,77 24 A 50 0,56 0,45 NA NA NA NA 34 0,94 25 A 54 1,56 0,75 NA NA NA NA 29 1,46 26 B 210 0,6 0,44 54 84 0,92 0,58 47 1,48 Microbiota analyses A significant decrease in alpha diversity was observed in subjects with MCA vasospasm (p = 0.031 for richness and p = 0.045 for Shannon index) – see Fig. 2 . There was no difference in beta diversity for any group comparison (MCA vasospasm, ACA vasospasm, DIND) – see Supplementary Material 2. In differential abundance analysis, Wilcoxon test with Total Sum Scaling (TSS) normalization indicated that genus Acidaminococcus was relatively abundant in cases of MCA vasospasm (p = 0.0001296). All subjects without MCA vasospasm had nonexistent abundance of genus Acidaminococcus whereas subjects with MCA vasospasm presented with significantly larger abundance (in MCA vasospasm group median = 0.000268, interquartile range = 0.0003195) – Fig. 3 . The strongest negative linear correlation was found between butyrate-producing genus Intestinimonas and mean velocity in ACA (rho = -0.63; p = 0.003; Q = 0.16), butyrate-producing genus Butyricimonas and ACA mean velocity (rho = -0.57; p = 0.008; Q = 0.246), as well as genus [ Clostridium ]_ innocuum _group and ACA mean velocity (rho = -0.57; p = 0.004; Q = 0.246). See correlation matrix in Fig. 4 . Positive correlations were weaker than the negative but initial significance threshold was observed for genus Sellimonas and ACA mean velocity, genus NK4A214_group and ACA mean velocity, genus Flavonifractor and basilar artery mean velocity (rho = 0.51; p = 0.025; Q = 0.508), genus Bifidobacterium and MCA mean velocity (rho = 0.42; p = 0.035; Q = 0.920) – see Fig. 4 . In total, 16 gut microbial genera were identified to correlate with TCD parameters and two intestinal genera correlated with outcome upon discharge as determined by modified Rankin scale – negative correlation with genus Megasphaera (rho = -0.45; p = 0.034; Q = 0.778) and positive correlation with genus Eisenbergiella (rho = 0.47; p = 0.021; Q = 0.781). Results that did not reach the significance threshold are displayed in Supplementary Material 2. Feasibility assessment of the pilot study Of 31 consecutive subjects with subarachnoid hemorrhage, 27 met the eligibility criteria, which produces a recruitment rate of 87,1%. Ineligibility was due to lack of acoustic bony window in two subjects, an aneurysm within the arteriovenous malformation in one, and Hunt-Hess grade V with early death in one. Of the 27 eligible participants, one did not complete the study because of the early transfer to another hospital in a different city upon request from the family (a completion rate of 96,3%). Stool sample collection, DNA isolation, library preparation, 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, and bioinformatics were uneventful. The final outcome of the feasibility assessment for a future trial is: feasible with close monitoring. Discussion We conducted the very first study to find the link between the intestinal microbiome and CVS following aSAH. Thereby, we demonstrated that the methodology used to conduct this study was appropriate and can be used in the future to validate research hypotheses on the relationship between the microbiome and CVS after aSAH conducted in a larger group of patients. Here we present that alpha-diversity metrics were significantly reduced in cases of MCA vasospasm. Our study also showed that relative abundance of genus Acidaminococcus was associated with MCA vasospasm. Butyrate-producing genera, namely Intestinimonas and Butyricimonas , along with [ Clostridium ] innocuum group had the strongest negative correlation with the mean blood flow velocity in anterior cerebral arteries. At last, we identified 16 gut microbial genera correlating with TCD parameters and two with outcome upon discharge. MCA vasospasm is linked to reduced microbial diversity In our study, patients with MCA CVS had significantly lower alfa diversity of intestinal microbiome. It is accepted that composition of the microbiota fluctuates strongly and constantly with age, gender, genetic factors of the host, environmental conditions, and lifestyle 14 . Therefore, there is no single component that would be universally characteristic of healthy human gut microbiota. Rather, a broader term of high diversity was introduced and is considered desirable. Indeed, most of the human diseases of the westernized regions are associated with reduction in microbial diversity 15 . However, according to Shade and colleagues 16 diversity is neither good nor bad, it simply “is”, and its deviations can be utilized in clinical settings. In terms of CVS, there is evidence that gut microbiome alterations including bacterial sub-population diversity might result in endothelial dysfunction, which in turn is strongly linked to vasospasm 17 . Also, bacterial diversity alters levels of plasma trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) of bacterial origin 18 . Interestingly, in ischemic stroke TMAO is usually elevated, whilst in aSAH it is reduced 19–22 . The question remains what levels of TMAO are observed in DCI after aSAH. Also, what needs further studies is whether modulation of microbial alfa diversity and TMAO levels could impact course of CVS after aSAH. Butyrate-producing bacteria in cerebral ischemia We presented that butyrate-producing genus Intestinimonas and genus Butyricimonas negatively correlate with mean flow velocity in anterior cerebral artery which is used as a diagnostic parameter of in-vivo cerebral vasospasm. Such vasospasm is a leading cause of stroke in subjects after aSAH. Moreover, it has been shown that abundance of butyrate-producing bacteria in gut could be a protective factor against the primary ischemic stroke 23 . Butyrate is a four-carbon short-chain fatty acid that readily absorbs from intestines into the portal circulation and modulates inflammation by exerting antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. It is also a potent neuroprotectant and modulates immune function as well as energy metabolism 24 . Importantly, this SCFA has been found to cross blood-brain barrier and its involvement in neural signaling has been proven 25 . There are data indicating that low levels of butyrate-producing bacteria are associated with a variety of cardiovascular disorders such as acute ischemic stroke 26 , hypertension 27 , or chronic kidney disease 28 . Moreover, an in vitro study elegantly demonstrated that mice orally supplemented with butyrate improved myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury via a gut-brain neural circuit 29 . However, we here provide the first preliminary evidence indicating negative correlation between two butyrate-producing genera, Intestinimonas and Butyricimonas , and mean flow velocity in anterior cerebral arteries, one of the surrogate markers of the in-vivo CVS following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Interestingly, in May 2023 Meng et al. found that a relative decrease in abundance of Intestinimonas could play a role in the pathomechanism of both large artery and small vessels ischemic strokes, conditions which share many similarities with the CVS and delayed cerebral ischemia 30 . Although the delayed cerebral ischemia and atherosclerotic ischemic stroke are of different etiologies, their end points are congruent – decreased cerebral blood flow leading to a cascade of responses including local hypoxia, excitotoxicity, release of free radicals, mitochondrial death pathways, protein misfolding, apoptosis, and necrosis 31 . Whether promoting the growth of butyrate-producing genera such as Intestinimonas or Butyricimonas and restoring levels of butyrate could be a protective factor or serve as a complementary therapy for subjects with ACA vasospasm deserves further studies. Acidaminococcus and inflammatory fundamentals of CVS In our cohort, subjects with vasospasm in middle cerebral artery had higher relative proportions of genus Acidaminococcus as detected in DAA approach using Wilcoxon test with Total Sum Scaling (TSS). TSS is considered the best normalization method reducing experimental bias regarding statistical power and effect on false discovery rate (FDR) compared to other normalization schemes such as ALDEx2 or CLR (centered log ratio) 32 . Thus, we consider this finding significant, however, it requires external validation with larger samples. CVS and Acidaminococcus could be linked via its role in modulation of inflammation. Even though the exact etiology and pathomechanism of CVS are unknown, one of the accepted theories is the antecedent inflammatory cascade of leukocytes, cytokines (interleukin-1 and interleukin-6), and cell adhesion molecules 33,34 . In fact, the abundance of Acidaminococcus has been observed in a number of inflammatory disorders such as ankylosing spondylitis, rosacea, oral mucositis after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or primary biliary cholangitis 35–38 . Thus, we hypothesize that the so-called dysbiosis involving genus Acidaminococcus associates with CVS throughout the inflammatory mediators in the vessel wall and could corroborate the inflammatory theory of CVS. Indeed, Acidaminococcus was negatively correlated with plasma levels of omega-6-derived oxylipins 39 , and importantly, oxylipins such as 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid were reported to be involved in cerebral vasospasm following aSAH 40 – see Fig. 5 . Moreover, only recently was the relative abundance of genus Acidaminococcus found to be also associated with lacunar cerebral infarcts 41 . Crucially, the lacunar pattern of infarct is seen in approximately 20% of MCA vasospasm-related cerebral ischemia 42 . Finally, this genus has been observed abundantly in obese subjects with increased visceral adipose tissue which could constitute a potential confounding factor 43,44 . However, the groups in our sample did not differ significantly in terms of Body Mass Index, so we do not consider it a confounder (27,97 kg/m 2 in case group versus 25,43 kg/m 2 in control group; p = 0,21). Overall, we provide preliminary evidence of association between Acidaminococcus and MCA vasospasm after aSAH, yet it remains unclear whether a true causal relationship exists, or it is merely an epiphenomenon. Limitations & strengths Although the sample size appears small, it is an inherent feature of pilot studies exploring no man’s land of research and, whatsoever, it was sufficient to detect significant differences and provide preliminary evidence of gut microbiome-based signature in CVS. Nonetheless, the generalizability of the study results is limited and it is supposed that this study will appeal to researchers to conduct external validation of the findings on larger cohorts. By the same token, only strong correlations were identified, whereas weaker but potentially significant correlations might remain undetected. A strong point of this investigation is the multidisciplinary expertise of the researchers involved in planning, microbiota analysis, and neurosurgical clinical evaluation of the subjects. The homogenous sample comes from the single center, whereas the expertise and assistance were obtained throughout multiple centers. Another limitation refers to the radiographic measures of vessel narrowing. TCD was utilized because it is noninvasive, repeatable and can be performed bedside. The authors acknowledgle that digital subtraction angiography (DSA) could visualize the vasospasm more accurately. However, DSA is more invasive, not repeatable at a bedside, and is not performed routinely at our institution in every single subject to determine CVS or lack thereof. Future perspectives and clinical implications Considering strengths and limitations of the study, the results presented here, after external validation, have potential to impact further research and clinical practice in several ways. In future, prediction models might include microbial signature to aid in early diagnosis and prevention of DCI. Ideally, a test from the stool sample collected upon admission indicating a subject at a high risk of CVS could guide commencement of therapy, for instance permissive euvolemic hypertension, which is currently the mainstay of treatment 45 . Moreover, recognizing interventions that impact intestinal microbiome, prospective randomised placebo-controlled clinical trials with administration of probiotics promoting growth of butyrate-producing bacteria could be initiated to analyze whether the risk of CVS could be reduced by alteration of the gut microbiota. Thereby, more profound understanding of the CVS can introduce multidisciplinary approach to the individualized treatment. Conclusions In this pilot study, we confirmed that the used methodology was appropriate and we have presented the first preliminary evidence of gut microbiome-based signature associating with CVS as a significant cause of stroke in subjects with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. It is the only attempt in the literature of sequencing 16S rRNA gene of the intestinal microbiota in subjects with CVS and DCI, which provides insights into its metagenomic landscape. Moreover, these findings could fuel further research on gut microbiome as a potential biomarker in diagnosis or a target for prevention and treatment of cerebral vasospasm. Methods Study design and eligibility This is a prospective observational nested case-control pilot study evaluating the association between CVS after aSAH and gut microbiota structure. Recruitment started in June 2022 once Institutional Review Board of Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin approval had been obtained (resolution no. KB-0012/61/2021-A-4897) and the pilot phase ended in July 2023. The authors confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from the participants. Inclusion criteria were as follows: ( 1 ) subarachnoid hemorrhage identified in non-enhanced computed tomography (CT), ( 2 ) culprit intracranial aneurysm detected on CT angiogram or digital subtraction angiography, ( 3 ) age > 18 years old, ( 4 ) successful management of the aneurysm. On the other hand, we dismissed subjects with ( 1 ) non-aneurysmal pretruncal subarachnoid hemorrhage, ( 2 ) antibiotics usage within the previous two months, ( 3 ) under the age of 18 years, ( 4 ) mycotic aneurysms or aneurysms within arteriovenous malformations, ( 5 ) admitted to hospital beyond postbleeding day 5, ( 6 ) remaining in Hunt Hess grades IV-V from admission up to postbleeding day 14 as this would preclude obtaining informed consent (consent from the next of kin was not attempted as it is not legally valid for observational studies in Poland), or ( 7 ) no acoustic bony window. Cases were eligible subjects with cerebral vasospasm as determined by transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography whereas controls were eligible patients who did not develop cerebral vasospasm (see section ‘ Determination of cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia ’). Matching was performed with 1:1 control-to-case ratio. STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) Statement was applied to maintain appropriate structure of the manuscript. Stool sample collection Between postbleeding days 1 to 4 (prior to cerebral vasospasm development), a single stool sample was collected with a swab into 5ml Eppendorf tubes filled with 1 ml of ultraclean high-purity 96% ethyl alcohol (EMSURE®). The sample was then transferred to the laboratory refrigerator and stored at a temperature of -25°C until analyses. Upon collection of the entire batch, DNA isolation took place. DNA isolation Auto-Pure Mini (Allsheng, Hangzhou) extraction machine was utilized for DNA isolation along with MagnifiQ (A&A Biotechnology) reagents and consumables kits. All samples were processed at the same time as a single batch in order to minimize the batch effect. Isolation was performed by trained and certified laboratory technicians in accordance with standard protocol of genomic DNA isolation provided by the manufacturer. Quantification and quality assessment Quantity of the isolated genomic DNA and purity of the samples were determined by means of spectrophotometry using DeNovix DS-11 machine by trained and certified laboratorians. Library preparation DNA libraries were prepared according to Illumina procedure with PCR amplification of V3-V4 fragment of 16S rRNA gene. Length of the fragment was 460 base pairs (bp). Next-generation sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons was conducted with MiSeq system of Illumina generating fragments of 300 bp in pair-end reads (2x300 bp) obtaining approximately 100,000 reads per sample. Determination of cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia Radiological CVS was determined by transcranial Doppler ultrasound examination, which is the only non-invasive, safe, surrogate measure of the real in-vivo vasospasm. Moreover, TCD was proven to be a suitable intermediate measure for genetic association studies 6 . Measurements were performed by a neurosurgical resident (T.K.) and validated by a senior radiologist (M.S.) with over 20 years of experience. Primary hardware in use was Dolphin IQ Transcranial Doppler platform (Viasonix, Ra'anana, HaMerkaz, Israel) using 2 MHz linear probe whereas validation was conducted with Multi-Dop T DIGITAL (Compumedics DWL, Germany). Serial assessments were done up to three times on a structured basis on postbleeding days 3–5, 7–10, and 11–14, the schedule grounded upon the pathophysiology of cerebral vasospasm 7 . ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle was applied to reduce ultrasound exposure. Care was taken to maintain the insonation angle below 30° to ensure measurement bias of the reflector speed below 15%. All measurements were conducted with a patient lying flat in bed. Middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) were found in transtemporal acoustic window at a depth between 40 to 62mm with flow towards the probe – see Fig. 1. Extracranial segment of internal carotid artery (for calculation of the Lindegaard ratio and Sloan ratio) was found through the submandibular window in the carotid triangle of the neck. MCA vasospasm was declared if both conditions were met: Lindegaard ratio > 3 and MCA mean velocity > 120 cm/s. Anterior cerebral arteries (ACAs) could be found via the transtemporal acoustic window at a depth between 63 to 80 mm with flow away from the probe. ACA vasospasm was declared if both conditions were met: ACA mean velocity > 80 cm/s and Sloan ratio > 3. In case of hypoplastic ACA on one side, only the other side was insonated. Due to less sensitivity of TCD in ACA flow assessment, the measured ACA velocity was curated in two ways: ACA mean velocity from both sides and ACA mean velocity from the side with higher velocity. Basilar artery (BA) was found in suboccipital region at a depth 70 to 90 mm and its vasospasm was declared if BA mean flow velocity was > 70 cm/s and Sviri ratio > 2. Acknowledging the fact that in about 10% of the population no acoustic window can be identified 8 those patients were excluded from the study. Clinically, delayed cerebral ischemia or delayed ischemic neurologic deficit was defined as a new neurological deficit and/or drop in Glasgow Coma Scale by 2 points not attributable to hydrocephalus, rebleeding, hyponatremia or other causes, lasting more than one hour, or the appearance of new infarct in the affected territory on CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. Sequencing and microbiome bioinformatic analysis The 16S sequence processing bioinformatics pipeline was initiated with Illumina paired-end sequencing, specifically targeting the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene. To ensure data quality, we conducted an initial rigorous assessment using FastQC (version 0.12.1) and MultiQC (version 1.12) tools. Subsequently, all data preprocessing procedures were executed using QIIME2 software 9 . The 16S rRNA gene sequences underwent processing through the DADA2 (Divisive Amplicon Denoising Algorithm 2) algorithm, as introduced by Callahan et al 10 . DADA2 is primarily designed for identifying and correcting errors in high-throughput sequencing data. It employs a denoising approach to distinguish genuine biological sequence variants (amplicon sequence variants or ASVs) from sequencing errors. This is achieved by implementing a denoising algorithm that detects and removes errors inherent in sequencing reads. Before applying DADA2, primer trimming on the V3-V4 region was performed using the cutadapt plugin. Representative sequences resolved by DADA2 underwent filtering to exclude low-abundance features, specifically ASVs with a frequency below 10. This resulted in 1,572 unique ASVs, each with abundance estimates within every sample. Metrics per sample included a minimum frequency of 21,393.0, a 1st quartile at 39,060.5, a median frequency of 43,536.00, a 3rd quartile at 50,829.0, a maximum frequency of 60,817.0, and an overall mean frequency of 43,477.6. Additionally, taxonomic profiling of microbial communities was conducted using the scikit-learn method in QIIME 2, employing a naive Bayes machine learning classifier 11 . The scikit-learn classifier was trained on the Silva 138 − 99 reference dataset of 16S rRNA gene sequences. Query sequences were associated with predicted taxonomic assignments at different taxonomic ranks (phylum, class, order, family, and genus). Following taxonomic profiling, ASVs assigned to categories such as Eukaryota, Archaea, mitochondria, and chloroplasts were excluded due to their likely representation as contaminants or non-bacterial sequences. Statistical analysis All analyses were performed in R (R Core Team, 2021), and, where necessary, False Discovery Rate (FDR) correction was applied to calculate Q value (FDR-adjusted P value). We predefined the following potential baseline confounders to be checked between the analyzed groups: age, sex, hypertension presence, BMI, aneurysm location and size, smoking cigarettes, alcohol abuse, multiple comorbidities, Hunt-Hess and WFNS grades. Fisher’s exact test was applied for categorical variables. For continuous variables we used unpaired two-sample Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. Alpha diversity measures, including Shannon’s diversity, Pielou’s evenness, and richness, were calculated from rarefied samples to a minimum frequency depth of 21393. The indices were compared between groups using a Wilcoxon test. Beta-diversity was calculated using Bray-Curtis distance at the genus level, and pairwise relations between samples were visualized through Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCA). Beta-diversity distances were compared between groups using Permutational Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA). Differential abundance analysis was conducted using four different methods: ALDEx2 12 , the Wilcoxon test on rarefied data (WilcoxRarefied), center-log-transformed data (WilcoxCLR), and data transformed using total sum scaling (WilcoxTSS). This approach, suggested by Nearing et al. 13 served as a workaround for the lack of reproducibility and consistency among various differential abundance techniques. Correlations with numerical clinical variables and microbiome data were assessed using the ALDEx2 package. Missing data were handled by omission from the given analysis. Declarations Data availability statement The datasets generated and analysed during the current study are available in the BioProject repository, accession number: PRJNA1075509, accession hyperlink: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1075509. Taxonomic data are available as Supplementary Material 3. Disclosures None Author contribution statement T.K., K.S.Ż and I.Ł. wrote the main manuscript. T.K. and K.S.Ż. prepared figures 1 and 5. M.K. prepared figures 2-4. M.S., W.P., N.A. and C.O. provided expertise on cerebral vasospasm diagnosis. L.S. provided neurosurgical expertise. T.K. collected stool samples. T.K. performed transcranial Doppler examination. M.S. validated transcranial Doppler examination. A.W.W., I.Ł., K.S.Ż. and M.K. provided resources for 16S rRNA sequencing. J.P. assisted with sample collection and handling. M.K. performed biostatistical analysis. T.K. prepared all tables. K.S.Ż., M.K., S.P. and D.T. provided expertise on metagenomics. 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Figure S2 – Beta diversity in groups (A) without and with delayed ischemic neurologic deficits, (B) without and with middle cerebral artery vasospasm in transcranial Doppler examination, (C) with and without anterior cerebral artery vasospasm in transcranial Doppler examination. 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The single asterisk (*) indicates correlations with p value in range 0.01-0.05; The double asterisk (**) - p value 0.001-0.01; The dot (.) – p value with tendency to significance 0.05-0.1. ACA mean velocity was obtained as a mean from both sides whereas ACA mean velocity 2 as a mean velocity from the side with higher velocity. Direction of correlation for both ACA velocities remains the same. B-G show graphs illustrating Spearman linear correlation testing. \u003cstrong\u003e(B)\u003c/strong\u003e Genus Intestinimonas and ACA mean velocity; \u003cstrong\u003e(C)\u003c/strong\u003e Genus Butyricimonas and ACA mean velocity 2; \u003cstrong\u003e(D)\u003c/strong\u003e Genus [Clostridium] innocuum group and ACA mean velocity 2; \u003cstrong\u003e(E)\u003c/strong\u003e Genus Flavonifractor and basilar artery mean velocity; \u003cstrong\u003e(F)\u003c/strong\u003eGenus Bifidobacterium and MCA mean velocity; \u003cstrong\u003e(G)\u003c/strong\u003e Genus Eisenbergiella and modified Rankin scale upon discharge. ACA – anterior cerebral artery; BA -basilar artery; MCA – middle cerebral artery; mRankin – modified Rankin scale upon discharge; Q – False discovery rate-adjusted p-value\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"floatimage522.png","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-3919028/v1/3236a4ec18823fe49a95f3f0.png"},{"id":51384433,"identity":"93b281b1-ebd2-4407-a3c0-4242058cff2c","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2024-02-20 17:03:00","extension":"png","order_by":5,"title":"Figure 5","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"figure","size":2374407,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003eThe hypothetical role of gut microbiota in the cerebral vasospasm and purportedly in delayed cerebral ischemia, based on the findings of this study and literature.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"floatimage6.png","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-3919028/v1/3a4e1ca76bb79f43003a866e.png"},{"id":61794118,"identity":"255a22e2-de66-440c-89a0-e924b7d3b5af","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2024-08-05 16:17:49","extension":"pdf","order_by":0,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"manuscript-pdf","size":4837502,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"","description":"","filename":"manuscript.pdf","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-3919028/v1/3428e3e9-b1a0-4445-aae4-b452a9787e21.pdf"},{"id":51384438,"identity":"5349f072-51c9-4c4d-aef2-d62d2531dddc","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2024-02-20 17:03:01","extension":"doc","order_by":1,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"supplement","size":84480,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupplementary Material 1\u003c/strong\u003e – STROBE statement\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"SupplementaryMaterial1STROBEchecklist.doc","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-3919028/v1/b2e06ea139a14d64ea148df3.doc"},{"id":51384434,"identity":"e8961f26-a5a7-4fe4-ac18-1383a9080498","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2024-02-20 17:03:00","extension":"pdf","order_by":2,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"supplement","size":225818,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupplementary Material 2\u003c/strong\u003e – Results of biostatistical analysis that did not reach significance threshold within the pilot sample. Contains figures S1 and S2.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFigure S1\u003c/strong\u003e – Alfa diversity in groups (A) with or without delayed ischemic neurologic deficits and (B) with and without anterior cerebral artery vasospasm in transcranial Doppler examination.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFigure S2\u003c/strong\u003e – Beta diversity in groups (A) without and with delayed ischemic neurologic deficits, (B) without and with middle cerebral artery vasospasm in transcranial Doppler examination, (C) with and without anterior cerebral artery vasospasm in transcranial Doppler examination.\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"SupplementaryMaterial2FiguresS1S2.pdf","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-3919028/v1/5987b1586a1f4f006a1699a4.pdf"},{"id":51384436,"identity":"32637f1b-d675-481e-9280-f6e838a22d06","added_by":"auto","created_at":"2024-02-20 17:03:00","extension":"xlsx","order_by":3,"title":"","display":"","copyAsset":false,"role":"supplement","size":58209,"visible":true,"origin":"","legend":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSupplementary Material 3\u003c/strong\u003e – Taxonomic data\u003c/p\u003e","description":"","filename":"SupplementaryMaterial3Taxonomicdata.xlsx","url":"https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-3919028/v1/f96696f8ae468d7bc7980657.xlsx"}],"financialInterests":"No competing interests reported.","formattedTitle":"16S rRNA gene amplicon-based gut microbiome signature in cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A prospective nested case-control pilot study","fulltext":[{"header":"Introduction","content":"\u003cp\u003eCerebral vasospasm (CVS) is one of the dreadful sequelae of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). Clinically, it might lead to delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) with delayed ischemic neurologic deficits (DIND). The latter one has been defined as a new focal deficit (hemiparesis, dysphasia) or decrease in Glasgow Coma Scale by two points not attributable to hydrocephalus, rebleeding, seizures, or hyponatremia. It accounts for death or disability of approximately 20% of the aSAH survivors \u003csup\u003e1\u003c/sup\u003e. Despite its significance, cerebral vasospasm fundamentals remain obscure and it lacks effective prophylaxis or treatment.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGut-microbiota-brain axis (GMBA) is a bidirectional route of signaling between the digestive tract and central nervous system (CNS) that modulates health and disease and was shown to play a role in a plethora of neurological disorders such as ischemic stroke, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, or others \u003csup\u003e2\u0026ndash;4\u003c/sup\u003e. Moreover, our group recently published a systematic review with a narrative synthesis which highlighted the role of gut microbiota in growth and rupture of intracranial aneurysms \u003csup\u003e5\u003c/sup\u003e. However, as we indicated, currently there are no studies searching associations between intestinal microbiota and CVS following aSAH. Since CVS poses a significant risk of permanent neurological disability or death, it is of great concern to seek new diagnostic and therapeutic targets to prevent or counteract this phenotype.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTherefore, we aimed to investigate taxonomic components of gut microbiome as well as its ecological indices (alfa-diversity, beta-diversity) and their association with the presence of CVS and DIND after aSAH or with its surrogate markers in transcranial Doppler ultrasound examination as it is the only non-invasive and bedside modality to visualize in-vivo CVS. The primary objective of this pilot study was to assess feasibility at a small scale with recruitment rates, ultimate study completion rates, and troubleshooting as outcomes. The secondary objective was to search for preliminary clinical associations between microbiota and CVS utilizing the following outcomes: alfa-diversity, beta-diversity, differential abundance at a genus level, and correlation matrix of the microbial abundance.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"Results","content":"\u003cdiv id=\"Sec3\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003ePatient characteristics\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 subjects with aSAH met the eligibility criteria and completed the entire study protocol. There were 18 women (69.2%) and eight men (30.8%), a proportion concordant with the female sex being a risk factor for aSAH (hazard ratio: 1.90 [95% CI, 1.47\u0026ndash;2.46] PMID 31521957). The most prevalent locations of aneurysms were anterior communicating artery (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;6; 23.1%), middle cerebral artery (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;6; 23.1%) and internal carotid artery (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;6; 23.1%), followed by posterior communicating artery (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;5; 19.2%). Posterior circulation aneurysms comprised 30.8% (n\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;8). A group of 13 patients developed CVS with DIND and 13 patients did not. Upon discharge, subjects with CVS had worse clinical outcome defined as an unfavorable (\u003cspan additionalcitationids=\"CR4 CR5\" citationid=\"CR3\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e\u0026ndash;\u003cspan citationid=\"CR6\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e6\u003c/span\u003e) modified Rankin scale (62% versus 15%; p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.041, Fisher\u0026rsquo;s exact test). Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab1\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e and Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab2\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e2\u003c/span\u003e provide study group characteristics. All elements of the STROBE statement were addressed and can be viewed in Supplementary Material 1. Table\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Tab3\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e summarizes the measurements of transcranial Doppler ultrasound examination.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"gridtable\"\u003e\u003ctable float=\"Yes\" id=\"Tab1\" border=\"1\"\u003e \u003ccaption language=\"En\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CaptionNumber\"\u003eTable 1\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CaptionContent\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eContinuous variables of study groups. CVS \u0026ndash; cerebral vasospasm. BMI \u0026ndash; Body Mass Index. DIND \u0026ndash; delayed ischemic neurologic deficit. GCS \u0026ndash; Glasgow Coma Scale. SD \u0026ndash; standard deviation. WFNS \u0026ndash; World Federation of Neurological Surgeons grade. *Wilcoxon test.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/caption\u003e \u003ccolgroup cols=\"8\"\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c1\" colnum=\"1\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c2\" colnum=\"2\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c3\" colnum=\"3\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c4\" colnum=\"4\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c5\" colnum=\"5\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c6\" colnum=\"6\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c7\" colnum=\"7\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c8\" colnum=\"8\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cthead\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" 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\u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBMI\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.7\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e26.2\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e5\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.798\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSize of aneurysm\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.837\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eHunt-Hess grade\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e2\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.71\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.87\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.248\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eWFNS before repair\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.9\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.369\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eGCS on admission\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e14\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.88\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e14\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.9\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.257\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003c/tbody\u003e \u003c/colgroup\u003e \u003c/table\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"gridtable\"\u003e\u003ctable float=\"Yes\" id=\"Tab2\" border=\"1\"\u003e \u003ccaption language=\"En\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CaptionNumber\"\u003eTable 2\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CaptionContent\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCategorical variables of the study groups. CVS \u0026ndash; cerebral vasospasm. DIND \u0026ndash; delayed ischemic neurologic deficit. F \u0026ndash; females. IVH \u0026ndash; intraventricular hemorrhage. M \u0026ndash; males. *Fisher\u0026rsquo;s exact test. **significant p value\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/caption\u003e \u003ccolgroup cols=\"6\"\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c1\" colnum=\"1\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c2\" colnum=\"2\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c3\" colnum=\"3\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c4\" colnum=\"4\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c5\" colnum=\"5\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c6\" colnum=\"6\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cthead\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colspan=\"2\" nameend=\"c3\" namest=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo CVS\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colspan=\"2\" nameend=\"c5\" namest=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCVS with DIND\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/th\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eVariable\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003ePercent\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eN\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003ePercent\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eP*\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003c/thead\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSex\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c6\" morerows=\"2\" rowspan=\"3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.202\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eF\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e7\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e54%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e85%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eM\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e6\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e46%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e2\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e15%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eActive smoker\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c6\" morerows=\"2\" rowspan=\"3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.253\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e7\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e54%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e3\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e23%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eYes\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e6\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e46%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e77%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlcohol abuser\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c6\" morerows=\"2\" rowspan=\"3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.676\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e77%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e62%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eYes\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e3\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e23%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e5\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e38%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAneurysm location\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c6\" morerows=\"2\" rowspan=\"3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.202\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnterior circulation\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e85%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e7\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e54%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003ePosterior circulation\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e2\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e15%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e6\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e46%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAny comorbidities\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c6\" morerows=\"2\" rowspan=\"3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.0\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e31%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e31%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eYes\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e69%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e9\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e69%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHypertension\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c6\" morerows=\"2\" rowspan=\"3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.441\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e5\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e38%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e62%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eYes\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e62%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e5\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e38%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMultiple comorbidities (\u0026ge;\u0026thinsp;2\u003c/b\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c6\" morerows=\"2\" rowspan=\"3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.0\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e77%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e10\u003c/p\u003e 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\u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c6\" morerows=\"2\" rowspan=\"3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.694\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e7\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e54%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e5\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e38%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eYes\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e6\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e46%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e62%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eType of repair\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c6\" morerows=\"2\" rowspan=\"3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.0\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eEndovascular\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e12\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e92%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurgical\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eModified Rankin on discharge\u003c/b\u003e\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e13\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c6\" morerows=\"2\" rowspan=\"3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0.041**\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eFavorable (0\u0026ndash;2)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e11\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e85%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e5\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e38%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnfavorable (\u003cspan additionalcitationids=\"CR4 CR5\" citationid=\"CR3\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e\u0026ndash;\u003cspan citationid=\"CR6\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e6\u003c/span\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e2\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e15%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e8\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e62%\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003c/tbody\u003e \u003c/colgroup\u003e \u003c/table\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"gridtable\"\u003e\u003ctable float=\"Yes\" id=\"Tab3\" border=\"1\"\u003e \u003ccaption language=\"En\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CaptionNumber\"\u003eTable 3\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"CaptionContent\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranscranial Doppler ultrasound measurements. Velocities are presented in centimeters per second. Group A \u0026ndash; without delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) or delayed ischemic neurological deficit (DIND); Group B \u0026ndash; with DCI or DIND. ACA \u0026ndash; anterior cerebral artery; BA \u0026ndash; basilar artery; CVS \u0026ndash; cerebral vasospasm; MCA \u0026ndash; middle cerebral artery. NA \u0026ndash; not available. *mean from both sides. **mean from the side with higher velocity\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003c/caption\u003e \u003ccolgroup cols=\"11\"\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c1\" colnum=\"1\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c2\" colnum=\"2\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c3\" colnum=\"3\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c4\" colnum=\"4\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c5\" colnum=\"5\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c6\" colnum=\"6\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c7\" colnum=\"7\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c8\" colnum=\"8\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"left\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c9\" colnum=\"9\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c10\" colnum=\"10\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"char\" char=\".\" class=\"colspec\" colname=\"c11\" colnum=\"11\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003cthead\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase #\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eGroup\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eMCA mean velocity\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eMCA pulsatility index\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eMCA resistance index\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eACA mean velocity*\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eACA mean velocity 2**\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eACA pulsatility index\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eACA resistance index\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBA mean velocity\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003cth align=\"left\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eBA pulsatility index\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/th\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003c/thead\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e55\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,11\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,63\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e32\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e49\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,38\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,61\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e28\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,02\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e2\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e53\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,3\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,68\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e72\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e80\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,77\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,52\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,65\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e3\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eB\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e77\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,91\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,59\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e48\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e68\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,94\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,59\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e81\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,73\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e4\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e24\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,28\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,69\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e37\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,43\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" 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colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e67\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e100\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,12\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,64\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e59\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,22\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e20\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e96\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,52\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,4\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e54\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e60\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,61\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,45\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e43\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,82\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e21\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eB\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e67\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,2\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,67\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e56\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e75\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,11\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,65\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e60\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,21\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e22\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e57\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,64\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,46\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e72\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e72\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,56\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,42\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e34\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,51\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e23\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e115\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,75\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,52\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e76\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e76\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,73\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,51\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e45\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,77\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e24\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e50\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,56\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,45\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e34\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,94\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e25\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e54\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,56\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,75\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eNA\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e29\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,46\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c1\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e26\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c2\"\u003e \u003cp\u003eB\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c3\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e210\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c4\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,6\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c5\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,44\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c6\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e54\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c7\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e84\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c8\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,92\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"left\" colname=\"c9\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e0,58\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c10\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e47\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003ctd align=\"char\" char=\".\" colname=\"c11\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e1,48\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/td\u003e \u003c/tr\u003e \u003c/tbody\u003e \u003c/colgroup\u003e \u003c/table\u003e\u003c/div\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"Sec4\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003eMicrobiota analyses\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eA significant decrease in alpha diversity was observed in subjects with MCA vasospasm (p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.031 for richness and p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.045 for Shannon index) \u0026ndash; see Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig4\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e2\u003c/span\u003e. There was no difference in beta diversity for any group comparison (MCA vasospasm, ACA vasospasm, DIND) \u0026ndash; see Supplementary Material 2.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn differential abundance analysis, Wilcoxon test with Total Sum Scaling (TSS) normalization indicated that genus \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e was relatively abundant in cases of MCA vasospasm (p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.0001296). All subjects without MCA vasospasm had nonexistent abundance of genus \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e whereas subjects with MCA vasospasm presented with significantly larger abundance (in MCA vasospasm group median\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.000268, interquartile range\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.0003195) \u0026ndash; Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig5\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe strongest negative linear correlation was found between butyrate-producing genus \u003cem\u003eIntestinimonas\u003c/em\u003e and mean velocity in ACA (rho = -0.63; p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.003; Q\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.16), butyrate-producing genus \u003cem\u003eButyricimonas\u003c/em\u003e and ACA mean velocity (rho = -0.57; p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.008; Q\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.246), as well as genus [\u003cem\u003eClostridium\u003c/em\u003e]_\u003cem\u003einnocuum\u003c/em\u003e_group and ACA mean velocity (rho = -0.57; p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.004; Q\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.246). See correlation matrix in Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig6\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e4\u003c/span\u003e. Positive correlations were weaker than the negative but initial significance threshold was observed for genus \u003cem\u003eSellimonas\u003c/em\u003e and ACA mean velocity, genus NK4A214_group and ACA mean velocity, genus \u003cem\u003eFlavonifractor\u003c/em\u003e and basilar artery mean velocity (rho\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.51; p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.025; Q\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.508), genus \u003cem\u003eBifidobacterium\u003c/em\u003e and MCA mean velocity (rho\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.42; p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.035; Q\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.920) \u0026ndash; see Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig6\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e4\u003c/span\u003e. In total, 16 gut microbial genera were identified to correlate with TCD parameters and two intestinal genera correlated with outcome upon discharge as determined by modified Rankin scale \u0026ndash; negative correlation with genus \u003cem\u003eMegasphaera\u003c/em\u003e (rho = -0.45; p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.034; Q\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.778) and positive correlation with genus \u003cem\u003eEisenbergiella\u003c/em\u003e (rho\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.47; p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.021; Q\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.781).\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResults that did not reach the significance threshold are displayed in Supplementary Material 2.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"Sec5\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFeasibility assessment of the pilot study\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eOf 31 consecutive subjects with subarachnoid hemorrhage, 27 met the eligibility criteria, which produces a recruitment rate of 87,1%. Ineligibility was due to lack of acoustic bony window in two subjects, an aneurysm within the arteriovenous malformation in one, and Hunt-Hess grade V with early death in one. Of the 27 eligible participants, one did not complete the study because of the early transfer to another hospital in a different city upon request from the family (a completion rate of 96,3%). Stool sample collection, DNA isolation, library preparation, 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, and bioinformatics were uneventful. The final outcome of the feasibility assessment for a future trial is: feasible with close monitoring.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e"},{"header":"Discussion","content":"\u003cp\u003eWe conducted the very first study to find the link between the intestinal microbiome and CVS following aSAH. Thereby, we demonstrated that the methodology used to conduct this study was appropriate and can be used in the future to validate research hypotheses on the relationship between the microbiome and CVS after aSAH conducted in a larger group of patients. Here we present that alpha-diversity metrics were significantly reduced in cases of MCA vasospasm. Our study also showed that relative abundance of genus \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e was associated with MCA vasospasm. Butyrate-producing genera, namely \u003cem\u003eIntestinimonas\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eButyricimonas\u003c/em\u003e, along with [\u003cem\u003eClostridium\u003c/em\u003e] \u003cem\u003einnocuum\u003c/em\u003e group had the strongest negative correlation with the mean blood flow velocity in anterior cerebral arteries. At last, we identified 16 gut microbial genera correlating with TCD parameters and two with outcome upon discharge.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMCA vasospasm is linked to reduced microbial diversity\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn our study, patients with MCA CVS had significantly lower alfa diversity of intestinal microbiome. It is accepted that composition of the microbiota fluctuates strongly and constantly with age, gender, genetic factors of the host, environmental conditions, and lifestyle \u003csup\u003e14\u003c/sup\u003e. Therefore, there is no single component that would be universally characteristic of healthy human gut microbiota. Rather, a broader term of high diversity was introduced and is considered desirable. Indeed, most of the human diseases of the westernized regions are associated with reduction in microbial diversity \u003csup\u003e15\u003c/sup\u003e. However, according to Shade and colleagues \u003csup\u003e16\u003c/sup\u003e diversity is neither good nor bad, it simply \u0026ldquo;is\u0026rdquo;, and its deviations can be utilized in clinical settings. In terms of CVS, there is evidence that gut microbiome alterations including bacterial sub-population diversity might result in endothelial dysfunction, which in turn is strongly linked to vasospasm \u003csup\u003e17\u003c/sup\u003e. Also, bacterial diversity alters levels of plasma trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) of bacterial origin \u003csup\u003e18\u003c/sup\u003e. Interestingly, in ischemic stroke TMAO is usually elevated, whilst in aSAH it is reduced \u003csup\u003e19\u0026ndash;22\u003c/sup\u003e. The question remains what levels of TMAO are observed in DCI after aSAH. Also, what needs further studies is whether modulation of microbial alfa diversity and TMAO levels could impact course of CVS after aSAH.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eButyrate-producing bacteria in cerebral ischemia\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003eWe presented that butyrate-producing genus\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan type=\"ItalicUnderline\" class=\"ItalicUnderline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003eIntestinimonas\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003eand genus\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan type=\"ItalicUnderline\" class=\"ItalicUnderline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003eButyricimonas\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003enegatively correlate with mean flow velocity in anterior cerebral artery which is used as a diagnostic parameter of in-vivo cerebral vasospasm. Such vasospasm is a leading cause of stroke in subjects after aSAH. Moreover, it has been shown that abundance of butyrate-producing bacteria in gut could be a protective factor against the primary ischemic stroke\u003c/span\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003e23\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e. \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003eButyrate is a four-carbon short-chain fatty acid that readily absorbs from intestines into the portal circulation and modulates inflammation by exerting antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. It is also a potent neuroprotectant and modulates immune function as well as energy metabolism\u003c/span\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003e24\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e. \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003eImportantly, this SCFA has been found to cross blood-brain barrier and its involvement in neural signaling has been proven\u003c/span\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003e25\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e. \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003eThere are data indicating that low levels of butyrate-producing bacteria are associated with a variety of cardiovascular disorders such as acute ischemic stroke\u003c/span\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003e26\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e, \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003ehypertension\u003c/span\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003e27\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e, \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003eor chronic kidney disease\u003c/span\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003e28\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e. \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003eMoreover, an\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan type=\"ItalicUnderline\" class=\"ItalicUnderline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003ein vitro\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003estudy elegantly demonstrated that mice orally supplemented with butyrate improved myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan type=\"ItalicUnderline\" class=\"ItalicUnderline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003evia\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003ea gut-brain neural circuit\u003c/span\u003e \u003csup\u003e\u003cspan type=\"Underline\" class=\"Underline\" name=\"Emphasis\"\u003e29\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHowever, we here provide the first preliminary evidence indicating negative correlation between two butyrate-producing genera, \u003cem\u003eIntestinimonas\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eButyricimonas\u003c/em\u003e, and mean flow velocity in anterior cerebral arteries, one of the surrogate markers of the in-vivo CVS following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Interestingly, in May 2023 Meng et al. found that a relative decrease in abundance of \u003cem\u003eIntestinimonas\u003c/em\u003e could play a role in the pathomechanism of both large artery and small vessels ischemic strokes, conditions which share many similarities with the CVS and delayed cerebral ischemia \u003csup\u003e30\u003c/sup\u003e. Although the delayed cerebral ischemia and atherosclerotic ischemic stroke are of different etiologies, their end points are congruent \u0026ndash; decreased cerebral blood flow leading to a cascade of responses including local hypoxia, excitotoxicity, release of free radicals, mitochondrial death pathways, protein misfolding, apoptosis, and necrosis \u003csup\u003e31\u003c/sup\u003e. Whether promoting the growth of butyrate-producing genera such as \u003cem\u003eIntestinimonas\u003c/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eButyricimonas\u003c/em\u003e and restoring levels of butyrate could be a protective factor or serve as a complementary therapy for subjects with ACA vasospasm deserves further studies.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAcidaminococcus and inflammatory fundamentals of CVS\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn our cohort, subjects with vasospasm in middle cerebral artery had higher relative proportions of genus \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e as detected in DAA approach using Wilcoxon test with Total Sum Scaling (TSS). TSS is considered the best normalization method reducing experimental bias regarding statistical power and effect on false discovery rate (FDR) compared to other normalization schemes such as ALDEx2 or CLR (centered log ratio) \u003csup\u003e32\u003c/sup\u003e. Thus, we consider this finding significant, however, it requires external validation with larger samples. CVS and \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e could be linked via its role in modulation of inflammation. Even though the exact etiology and pathomechanism of CVS are unknown, one of the accepted theories is the antecedent inflammatory cascade of leukocytes, cytokines (interleukin-1 and interleukin-6), and cell adhesion molecules \u003csup\u003e33,34\u003c/sup\u003e. In fact, the abundance of \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e has been observed in a number of inflammatory disorders such as ankylosing spondylitis, rosacea, oral mucositis after autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, or primary biliary cholangitis \u003csup\u003e35\u0026ndash;38\u003c/sup\u003e. Thus, we hypothesize that the so-called dysbiosis involving genus \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e associates with CVS throughout the inflammatory mediators in the vessel wall and could corroborate the inflammatory theory of CVS. Indeed, \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e was negatively correlated with plasma levels of omega-6-derived oxylipins \u003csup\u003e39\u003c/sup\u003e, and importantly, oxylipins such as 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid were reported to be involved in cerebral vasospasm following aSAH \u003csup\u003e40\u003c/sup\u003e \u0026ndash; see Fig.\u0026nbsp;\u003cspan refid=\"Fig7\" class=\"InternalRef\"\u003e5\u003c/span\u003e. Moreover, only recently was the relative abundance of genus \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e found to be also associated with lacunar cerebral infarcts \u003csup\u003e41\u003c/sup\u003e. Crucially, the lacunar pattern of infarct is seen in approximately 20% of MCA vasospasm-related cerebral ischemia \u003csup\u003e42\u003c/sup\u003e. Finally, this genus has been observed abundantly in obese subjects with increased visceral adipose tissue which could constitute a potential confounding factor \u003csup\u003e43,44\u003c/sup\u003e. However, the groups in our sample did not differ significantly in terms of Body Mass Index, so we do not consider it a confounder (27,97 kg/m\u003csup\u003e2\u003c/sup\u003e in case group versus 25,43 kg/m\u003csup\u003e2\u003c/sup\u003e in control group; p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0,21). Overall, we provide preliminary evidence of association between \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e and MCA vasospasm after aSAH, yet it remains unclear whether a true causal relationship exists, or it is merely an epiphenomenon.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLimitations \u0026 strengths\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the sample size appears small, it is an inherent feature of pilot studies exploring no man\u0026rsquo;s land of research and, whatsoever, it was sufficient to detect significant differences and provide preliminary evidence of gut microbiome-based signature in CVS. Nonetheless, the generalizability of the study results is limited and it is supposed that this study will appeal to researchers to conduct external validation of the findings on larger cohorts. By the same token, only strong correlations were identified, whereas weaker but potentially significant correlations might remain undetected. A strong point of this investigation is the multidisciplinary expertise of the researchers involved in planning, microbiota analysis, and neurosurgical clinical evaluation of the subjects. The homogenous sample comes from the single center, whereas the expertise and assistance were obtained throughout multiple centers.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother limitation refers to the radiographic measures of vessel narrowing. TCD was utilized because it is noninvasive, repeatable and can be performed bedside. The authors acknowledgle that digital subtraction angiography (DSA) could visualize the vasospasm more accurately. However, DSA is more invasive, not repeatable at a bedside, and is not performed routinely at our institution in every single subject to determine CVS or lack thereof.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cdiv id=\"Sec11\" class=\"Section2\"\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFuture perspectives and clinical implications\u003c/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsidering strengths and limitations of the study, the results presented here, after external validation, have potential to impact further research and clinical practice in several ways. In future, prediction models might include microbial signature to aid in early diagnosis and prevention of DCI. Ideally, a test from the stool sample collected upon admission indicating a subject at a high risk of CVS could guide commencement of therapy, for instance permissive euvolemic hypertension, which is currently the mainstay of treatment \u003csup\u003e45\u003c/sup\u003e. Moreover, recognizing interventions that impact intestinal microbiome, prospective randomised placebo-controlled clinical trials with administration of probiotics promoting growth of butyrate-producing bacteria could be initiated to analyze whether the risk of CVS could be reduced by alteration of the gut microbiota. Thereby, more profound understanding of the CVS can introduce multidisciplinary approach to the individualized treatment.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/div\u003e"},{"header":"Conclusions","content":"\u003cp\u003eIn this pilot study, we confirmed that the used methodology was appropriate and we have presented the first preliminary evidence of gut microbiome-based signature associating with CVS as a significant cause of stroke in subjects with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. It is the only attempt in the literature of sequencing 16S rRNA gene of the intestinal microbiota in subjects with CVS and DCI, which provides insights into its metagenomic landscape. Moreover, these findings could fuel further research on gut microbiome as a potential biomarker in diagnosis or a target for prevention and treatment of cerebral vasospasm.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"Methods","content":" \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eStudy design and eligibility\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a prospective observational nested case-control pilot study evaluating the association between CVS after aSAH and gut microbiota structure. Recruitment started in June 2022 once Institutional Review Board of Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin approval had been obtained (resolution no. KB-0012/61/2021-A-4897) and the pilot phase ended in July 2023. The authors confirm that all methods were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from the participants. Inclusion criteria were as follows: (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR1\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e) subarachnoid hemorrhage identified in non-enhanced computed tomography (CT), (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR2\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2\u003c/span\u003e) culprit intracranial aneurysm detected on CT angiogram or digital subtraction angiography, (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR3\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e) age\u0026thinsp;\u0026gt;\u0026thinsp;18 years old, (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR4\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e4\u003c/span\u003e) successful management of the aneurysm. On the other hand, we dismissed subjects with (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR1\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e1\u003c/span\u003e) non-aneurysmal pretruncal subarachnoid hemorrhage, (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR2\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e2\u003c/span\u003e) antibiotics usage within the previous two months, (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR3\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e3\u003c/span\u003e) under the age of 18 years, (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR4\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e4\u003c/span\u003e) mycotic aneurysms or aneurysms within arteriovenous malformations, (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR5\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e5\u003c/span\u003e) admitted to hospital beyond postbleeding day 5, (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR6\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e6\u003c/span\u003e) remaining in Hunt Hess grades IV-V from admission up to postbleeding day 14 as this would preclude obtaining informed consent (consent from the next of kin was not attempted as it is not legally valid for observational studies in Poland), or (\u003cspan citationid=\"CR7\" class=\"CitationRef\"\u003e7\u003c/span\u003e) no acoustic bony window. Cases were eligible subjects with cerebral vasospasm as determined by transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography whereas controls were eligible patients who did not develop cerebral vasospasm (see section \u0026lsquo;\u003cem\u003eDetermination of cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia\u003c/em\u003e\u0026rsquo;). Matching was performed with 1:1 control-to-case ratio. STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) Statement was applied to maintain appropriate structure of the manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eStool sample collection\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBetween postbleeding days 1 to 4 (prior to cerebral vasospasm development), a single stool sample was collected with a swab into 5ml Eppendorf tubes filled with 1 ml of ultraclean high-purity 96% ethyl alcohol (EMSURE\u0026reg;). The sample was then transferred to the laboratory refrigerator and stored at a temperature of -25\u0026deg;C until analyses. Upon collection of the entire batch, DNA isolation took place.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eDNA isolation\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuto-Pure Mini (Allsheng, Hangzhou) extraction machine was utilized for DNA isolation along with MagnifiQ (A\u0026amp;A Biotechnology) reagents and consumables kits. All samples were processed at the same time as a single batch in order to minimize the batch effect. Isolation was performed by trained and certified laboratory technicians in accordance with standard protocol of genomic DNA isolation provided by the manufacturer.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eQuantification and quality assessment\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuantity of the isolated genomic DNA and purity of the samples were determined by means of spectrophotometry using DeNovix DS-11 machine by trained and certified laboratorians.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eLibrary preparation\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDNA libraries were prepared according to Illumina procedure with PCR amplification of V3-V4 fragment of 16S rRNA gene. Length of the fragment was 460 base pairs (bp). Next-generation sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons was conducted with MiSeq system of Illumina generating fragments of 300 bp in pair-end reads (2x300 bp) obtaining approximately 100,000 reads per sample.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eDetermination of cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadiological CVS was determined by transcranial Doppler ultrasound examination, which is the only non-invasive, safe, surrogate measure of the real in-vivo vasospasm. Moreover, TCD was proven to be a suitable intermediate measure for genetic association studies \u003csup\u003e6\u003c/sup\u003e. Measurements were performed by a neurosurgical resident (T.K.) and validated by a senior radiologist (M.S.) with over 20 years of experience. Primary hardware in use was Dolphin IQ Transcranial Doppler platform (Viasonix, Ra'anana, HaMerkaz, Israel) using 2 MHz linear probe whereas validation was conducted with Multi-Dop T DIGITAL (Compumedics DWL, Germany). Serial assessments were done up to three times on a structured basis on postbleeding days 3\u0026ndash;5, 7\u0026ndash;10, and 11\u0026ndash;14, the schedule grounded upon the pathophysiology of cerebral vasospasm \u003csup\u003e7\u003c/sup\u003e. ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle was applied to reduce ultrasound exposure. Care was taken to maintain the insonation angle below 30\u0026deg; to ensure measurement bias of the reflector speed below 15%. All measurements were conducted with a patient lying flat in bed. Middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) were found in transtemporal acoustic window at a depth between 40 to 62mm with flow towards the probe \u0026ndash; see Fig.\u0026nbsp;1. Extracranial segment of internal carotid artery (for calculation of the Lindegaard ratio and Sloan ratio) was found through the submandibular window in the carotid triangle of the neck. MCA vasospasm was declared if both conditions were met: Lindegaard ratio\u0026thinsp;\u0026gt;\u0026thinsp;3 and MCA mean velocity\u0026thinsp;\u0026gt;\u0026thinsp;120 cm/s. Anterior cerebral arteries (ACAs) could be found via the transtemporal acoustic window at a depth between 63 to 80 mm with flow away from the probe. ACA vasospasm was declared if both conditions were met: ACA mean velocity\u0026thinsp;\u0026gt;\u0026thinsp;80 cm/s and Sloan ratio\u0026thinsp;\u0026gt;\u0026thinsp;3. In case of hypoplastic ACA on one side, only the other side was insonated. Due to less sensitivity of TCD in ACA flow assessment, the measured ACA velocity was curated in two ways: ACA mean velocity from both sides and ACA mean velocity from the side with higher velocity. Basilar artery (BA) was found in suboccipital region at a depth 70 to 90 mm and its vasospasm was declared if BA mean flow velocity was \u0026gt;\u0026thinsp;70 cm/s and Sviri ratio\u0026thinsp;\u0026gt;\u0026thinsp;2. Acknowledging the fact that in about 10% of the population no acoustic window can be identified \u003csup\u003e8\u003c/sup\u003e those patients were excluded from the study. Clinically, delayed cerebral ischemia or delayed ischemic neurologic deficit was defined as a new neurological deficit and/or drop in Glasgow Coma Scale by 2 points not attributable to hydrocephalus, rebleeding, hyponatremia or other causes, lasting more than one hour, or the appearance of new infarct in the affected territory on CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eSequencing and microbiome bioinformatic analysis\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 16S sequence processing bioinformatics pipeline was initiated with Illumina paired-end sequencing, specifically targeting the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene. To ensure data quality, we conducted an initial rigorous assessment using FastQC (version 0.12.1) and MultiQC (version 1.12) tools. Subsequently, all data preprocessing procedures were executed using QIIME2 software \u003csup\u003e9\u003c/sup\u003e. The 16S rRNA gene sequences underwent processing through the DADA2 (Divisive Amplicon Denoising Algorithm 2) algorithm, as introduced by Callahan et al \u003csup\u003e10\u003c/sup\u003e. DADA2 is primarily designed for identifying and correcting errors in high-throughput sequencing data. It employs a denoising approach to distinguish genuine biological sequence variants (amplicon sequence variants or ASVs) from sequencing errors. This is achieved by implementing a denoising algorithm that detects and removes errors inherent in sequencing reads. Before applying DADA2, primer trimming on the V3-V4 region was performed using the cutadapt plugin. Representative sequences resolved by DADA2 underwent filtering to exclude low-abundance features, specifically ASVs with a frequency below 10. This resulted in 1,572 unique ASVs, each with abundance estimates within every sample. Metrics per sample included a minimum frequency of 21,393.0, a 1st quartile at 39,060.5, a median frequency of 43,536.00, a 3rd quartile at 50,829.0, a maximum frequency of 60,817.0, and an overall mean frequency of 43,477.6. Additionally, taxonomic profiling of microbial communities was conducted using the scikit-learn method in QIIME 2, employing a naive Bayes machine learning classifier \u003csup\u003e11\u003c/sup\u003e. The scikit-learn classifier was trained on the Silva 138\u0026thinsp;\u0026minus;\u0026thinsp;99 reference dataset of 16S rRNA gene sequences. Query sequences were associated with predicted taxonomic assignments at different taxonomic ranks (phylum, class, order, family, and genus). Following taxonomic profiling, ASVs assigned to categories such as Eukaryota, Archaea, mitochondria, and chloroplasts were excluded due to their likely representation as contaminants or non-bacterial sequences.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eStatistical analysis\u003c/em\u003e \u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll analyses were performed in R (R Core Team, 2021), and, where necessary, False Discovery Rate (FDR) correction was applied to calculate Q value (FDR-adjusted P value). We predefined the following potential baseline confounders to be checked between the analyzed groups: age, sex, hypertension presence, BMI, aneurysm location and size, smoking cigarettes, alcohol abuse, multiple comorbidities, Hunt-Hess and WFNS grades. Fisher\u0026rsquo;s exact test was applied for categorical variables. For continuous variables we used unpaired two-sample Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test. Alpha diversity measures, including Shannon\u0026rsquo;s diversity, Pielou\u0026rsquo;s evenness, and richness, were calculated from rarefied samples to a minimum frequency depth of 21393. The indices were compared between groups using a Wilcoxon test. Beta-diversity was calculated using Bray-Curtis distance at the genus level, and pairwise relations between samples were visualized through Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCA). Beta-diversity distances were compared between groups using Permutational Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA). Differential abundance analysis was conducted using four different methods: ALDEx2 \u003csup\u003e12\u003c/sup\u003e, the Wilcoxon test on rarefied data (WilcoxRarefied), center-log-transformed data (WilcoxCLR), and data transformed using total sum scaling (WilcoxTSS). This approach, suggested by Nearing et al. \u003csup\u003e13\u003c/sup\u003e served as a workaround for the lack of reproducibility and consistency among various differential abundance techniques. Correlations with numerical clinical variables and microbiome data were assessed using the ALDEx2 package. Missing data were handled by omission from the given analysis.\u003c/p\u003e \u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"Declarations","content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eData availability statement\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe datasets generated and analysed during the current study are available in the BioProject repository, accession number: PRJNA1075509, accession hyperlink: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bioproject/PRJNA1075509. Taxonomic data are available as Supplementary Material 3.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisclosures\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNone\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor contribution statement\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eT.K., K.S.Ż and I.Ł. wrote the main manuscript. T.K. and K.S.Ż. prepared figures 1 and 5. M.K. prepared figures 2-4. M.S., W.P., N.A. and C.O. provided expertise on cerebral vasospasm diagnosis. L.S. provided neurosurgical expertise. T.K. collected stool samples. T.K. performed transcranial Doppler examination. M.S. validated transcranial Doppler examination. A.W.W., I.Ł., K.S.Ż. and M.K. provided resources for 16S rRNA sequencing. J.P. assisted with sample collection and handling. M.K. performed biostatistical analysis. T.K. prepared all tables. K.S.Ż., M.K., S.P. and D.T. provided expertise on metagenomics. T.K. and L.S. acquired national funding. E.S. and L.S. supervised the entire project. All authors reviewed the manuscript.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFunding\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis study is partly funded by National Science Center, Poland. Grant number: 2021/41/N/NZ2/00844 to TK as a principal investigator and LS as a supervisor) and internal funds of Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"},{"header":"References","content":"\u003col\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRosengart AJ, Schultheiss KE, Tolentino J, Macdonald RL. Prognostic factors for outcome in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. 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However, gaps were detected in the role of intestinal microbiome in cerebral vasospasm (CVS) after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). This is the first pilot study aiming to test study feasibility and identify differences in gut microbiota between subjects with and without CVS following aSAH.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA prospective nested case-control study with 1:1 matching was conducted recruiting subjects with aSAH: cases with CVS; and controls without CVS based on the clinical picture and structured bedside transcranial Doppler (TCD). Fecal samples for microbiota analyses by means of 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing were collected within the first 96 hours after ictus. Operational taxonomic unit tables were constructed, diversity metrics calculated, phylogenetic trees built, and differential abundance analysis (DAA) performed.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt baseline, the groups did not differ significantly in basic demographic and aneurysm-related characteristics (p\u0026thinsp;\u0026gt;\u0026thinsp;0.05). Alpha-diversity (richness and Shannon Index) was significantly reduced in cases of middle cerebral artery (MCA) vasospasm (p\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.05). In DAA, relative abundance of genus \u003cem\u003eAcidaminococcus\u003c/em\u003e was associated with MCA vasospasm (p\u0026thinsp;=\u0026thinsp;0.00013). Two butyrate-producing genera, \u003cem\u003eIntestinimonas\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eButyricimonas\u003c/em\u003e, as well as [\u003cem\u003eClostridium\u003c/em\u003e] \u003cem\u003einnocuum\u003c/em\u003e group had the strongest negative correlation with the mean blood flow velocity in anterior cerebral arteries (p\u0026thinsp;\u0026lt;\u0026thinsp;0.01; rho = -0.63; -0.57, and \u0026minus;\u0026thinsp;0.57, respectively). In total, 16 gut microbial genera were identified to correlate with TCD parameters, and two intestinal genera correlated with outcome upon discharge.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this pilot study, we prove study feasibility and present the first preliminary evidence of gut microbiome signature associating with CVS as a significant cause of stroke in subjects with aSAH.\u003c/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e","manuscriptTitle":"16S rRNA gene amplicon-based gut microbiome signature in cerebral vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: A prospective nested case-control pilot study","msid":"","msnumber":"","nonDraftVersions":[{"code":1,"date":"2024-02-20 17:02:39","doi":"10.21203/rs.3.rs-3919028/v1","editorialEvents":[{"type":"communityComments","content":0},{"type":"decision","content":"Revision requested","date":"2024-07-08T08:10:57+00:00","index":"","fulltext":""},{"type":"editorInvitedReview","content":"","date":"2024-07-05T02:17:26+00:00","index":"hide","fulltext":""},{"type":"reviewerAgreed","content":"35375001992676137957383305980372063316","date":"2024-06-28T14:43:39+00:00","index":"hide","fulltext":""},{"type":"editorInvitedReview","content":"","date":"2024-02-27T11:39:52+00:00","index":"hide","fulltext":""},{"type":"reviewerAgreed","content":"c39d636d-d055-49e9-b6d3-dc0540fef4b7","date":"2024-02-18T14:30:44+00:00","index":"hide","fulltext":""},{"type":"reviewersInvited","content":"","date":"2024-02-18T07:33:46+00:00","index":"","fulltext":""},{"type":"editorAssigned","content":"","date":"2024-02-18T07:32:48+00:00","index":"","fulltext":""},{"type":"editorInvited","content":"","date":"2024-02-17T21:40:09+00:00","index":"","fulltext":""},{"type":"checksComplete","content":"","date":"2024-02-17T20:22:15+00:00","index":"","fulltext":""},{"type":"submitted","content":"Scientific Reports","date":"2024-02-01T23:23:43+00:00","index":"","fulltext":""}],"status":"published","journal":{"display":true,"email":"[email protected]","identity":"scientific-reports","isNatureJournal":false,"hasQc":true,"allowDirectSubmit":false,"externalIdentity":"scirep","sideBox":"Learn more about [Scientific Reports](http://www.nature.com/srep/)","snPcode":"","submissionUrl":"","title":"Scientific Reports","twitterHandle":"","acdcEnabled":true,"dfaEnabled":true,"editorialSystem":"stoa","reportingPortfolio":"Scientific Reports","inReviewEnabled":true,"inReviewRevisionsEnabled":true}}],"origin":"","ownerIdentity":"5aa653fa-05eb-48cc-bde9-b0446b0c48d8","owner":[],"postedDate":"February 20th, 2024","published":true,"recentEditorialEvents":[],"rejectedJournal":[],"revision":"","amendment":"","status":"published-in-journal","subjectAreas":[{"id":28832458,"name":"Health sciences/Medical research/Biomarkers/Diagnostic markers"},{"id":28832459,"name":"Health sciences/Neurology/Neurological disorders/Stroke"},{"id":28832460,"name":"Health sciences/Neurology/Neurological disorders/Cerebrovascular disorders/Stroke"},{"id":28832461,"name":"Health sciences/Molecular medicine"},{"id":28832462,"name":"Health sciences/Diseases/Neurological disorders/Neurovascular disorders/Stroke"},{"id":28832463,"name":"Health sciences/Medical research/Genetics research"},{"id":28832464,"name":"Biological sciences/Genetics/Sequencing/Dna sequencing"},{"id":28832465,"name":"Biological sciences/Genetics/Sequencing/Next generation sequencing"}],"tags":[],"updatedAt":"2024-08-05T16:11:07+00:00","versionOfRecord":{"articleIdentity":"rs-3919028","link":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68722-y","journal":{"identity":"scientific-reports","isVorOnly":false,"title":"Scientific Reports"},"publishedOn":"2024-07-30 15:58:14","publishedOnDateReadable":"July 30th, 2024"},"versionCreatedAt":"2024-02-20 17:02:39","video":"","vorDoi":"10.1038/s41598-024-68722-y","vorDoiUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68722-y","workflowStages":[]},"version":"v1","identity":"rs-3919028","journalConfig":"researchsquare"},"__N_SSP":true},"page":"/article/[identity]/[[...version]]","query":{"redirect":"/article/rs-3919028","identity":"rs-3919028","version":["v1"]},"buildId":"qtupq5eGEP_6zYnWcrvyt","isFallback":false,"isExperimentalCompile":false,"dynamicIds":[84888],"gssp":true,"scriptLoader":[]}