Intracranial Hemodynamics Is Altered by Carotid Artery Disease and After Endarterectomy
- 1 April 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Stroke
- Vol. 42 (4), 979-984
- https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.110.590786
Abstract
Background and Purpose—: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has become a routine procedure to treat symptomatic carotid artery disease and reduce the risk of recurrent cerebral ischemic events. The purpose of this study was to use an arterial spin labeling dynamic magnetic resonance angiography technique to characterize intracranial hemodynamics before and after CEA. Methods—: Thirty-seven carotid artery disease patients participated in this study, of whom 24 underwent magnetic resonance imaging before and after CEA. Seventeen control subjects spanning 5 decades underwent magnetic resonance imaging to assess age-related changes. Hemodynamic metrics (that is, relative time to peak and amplitude) were calculated with a γ-variate model. Linear regression was used to relate carotid artery disease burden to downstream hemodynamics in the circle of Willis. Results—: Relative time to peak increased with age in controls ( P P P P <0.009). No pre- versus post-CEA changes were significant in the contralateral middle cerebral artery or posterior segments. Conclusions—: This noninvasive, arterial spin labeling–based method produced time-resolved images that were used to characterize intracranial arterial flow associated with aging, extracranial carotid artery disease, and CEA. Results demonstrate that the technique has the sensitivity to detect hemodynamic changes after CEA.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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