(Stroke. 1997;28:2208-2213.)
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Quantitative Cerebral Blood Flow Determinations in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Relationship to Computed Tomography and Angiography
From the Departments of Neurological Surgery (A.D.F., K.S.F., A.M.K., L.R.W., H.Y.) and Radiology (M.B.F.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Correspondence to Andrew D. Firlik, MD, Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop St, Suite B-400, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. E-mail firlik{at}med.pitt.edu
Background and Purpose The advent of new modalities to treat acute ischemic stroke presents the need for accurate, early diagnosis. In acute ischemic stroke, CT scans are frequently normal or reveal only subtle hypodense changes. This study explored the utility and increased sensitivity of xenon-enhanced CT (XeCT) in the diagnosis of acute cerebral ischemia and investigated the relationship between cerebral blood flow (CBF) measurements and early CT and angiographic findings in acute stroke.
Methods The CT scans, XeCT scans, and angiograms of 20 patients who presented within 6 hours of acute anterior circulation ischemic strokes were analyzed.
Results CT scans were abnormal in 11 (55%) of 20 patients. XeCT scans were abnormal in all 20 (100%) patients, showing regions of interest with CBF <20 (mL/100 g per minute) in the symptomatic middle cerebral artery (MCA) territories. The mean CBF in the symptomatic MCA territories was significantly lower than that of the asymptomatic MCA territories (P<.0005). In patients with basal ganglia hypodensities, the mean symptomatic MCA territory CBF was significantly lower than that of patients who did not exhibit these early CT findings (P<.05). The mean symptomatic MCA territory CBF in patients with angiographic M1 occlusions was significantly lower than that of patients whose infarcts were caused by MCA branch occlusions (P<.01).
Conclusions These results show that XeCT is more sensitive than CT in detecting acute strokes and that CBF measurements correlate with early CT and angiographic findings. XeCT may allow for the hyperacute identification of subsets of patients with acute ischemic events who are less likely to benefit and more likely to derive complications from aggressive stroke therapy.
Key Words: cerebral blood flow • stroke, acute • computed tomography • diagnostic imaging • xenon
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