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(Stroke. 1975;6:376.)
© 1975 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Measured by the Gamma Camera After Direct Injection of ¹³³Xe into the Distal Stump of the Occluded Middle Cerebral Artery

ERWIN O. OTT M.D.¹; JACOB ABRAHAM M.D.¹; JOHN STIRLING MEYER M.D.¹; CORNELIUS A. F. TULLEKEN M.D.¹; NINAN T. MATHEW M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)¹; AMRIT N. ACHARI M.D.¹; MINORU AOYAGI M.D.¹; RONALD F. DODSON PH.D.¹

¹ Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine and the Baylor-Methodist Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Houston, Texas 77025

Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured after intracarotid injection of ¹³³Xe concurrently with measurements of local cerebral blood flow (LCBF) after injection of ¹³³Xe directly into the distal stump of the occluded middle cerebral artery (MCA) by the use of the gamma camera after producing experimental ischemia in baboons by occluding the MCA. Regional MCA stump pressure (rMCAP) was also measured. Regions of ischemia assessed by intracarotid injection of ¹³³Xe correlated well with the territory of infarct defined by injection of ¹³³Xe into the distal MCA stump. Flow values in ischemic regions obtained by direct injection of ¹³³Xe into the MCA were 15% to 20% lower than those obtained by intracarotid injection of ¹³³Xe. Possible explanations for these differences are discussed. During induced hypertension autoregulation in ischemic areas was abolished and paradoxical responses of LCBF and rMCAP to changes in arterial carbon dioxide tension (Pa_coco2) were confirmed.

Key Words: dysautoregulation • local cerebral blood flow • paradoxical response • MCA occlusion

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