# 3 Network impact score as predictor for PSCI

Project title: Network impact score is an independent predictor of post-stroke cognitive impairment: A multicenter cohort study in 2341 patients with acute ischemic stroke

Chair: dr. J.M. Biesbroek, J.M.Biesbroek@umcutrecht.nl
Coordinator: dr. J.M. Biesbroek, J.M.Biesbroek@umcutrecht.nl
Leading centre: UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Project initiation year: 2019
Participating cohorts: Bundang VCI, CASPER, COAST, CODECS, CROMIS-2, CU-STRIDE, GRECogVASC, Hallym VCI, MSS-II, PROCRAS, STROKDEM, USCOG
Project status: completed

Objectives

  1. To validate the lesion impact score as a predictor of cognitive outcome after ischemic stroke.
  2. Build a tool that calculates the network impact score in a standardized and automated fashion.

Output

Biesbroek, J. M., Weaver, N. A., Aben, H. P., Kuijf, H. J., Abrigo, J., Bae, H. J., … & Biessels, G. J. (2022). Network impact score is an independent predictor of post-stroke cognitive impairment: A multicenter cohort study in 2341 patients with acute ischemic stroke. NeuroImage: Clinical34, 103018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103018

Biesbroek, J.M. Oral presentation at VasCog 2021

Software tool for calculating the network impact score available at https://metavcimap.org/features/software-tools/lsm-viewer/