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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-23
pubmed:abstractText
Our purpose was to assess the usefulness of diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI for the detection of ischaemic brain damage in patients with suspected vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). We studied 11 patients admitted with a ruptured aneurysm of the anterior circulation and suspected of intracranial vasospasm on clinical examination and transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD). All were investigated by technetium-hexamethyl-propylene amine oxime (Tc-HMPAO) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and diffusion and perfusion-weighted MRI (DWI, PWI) within 2 weeks of their SAH. Trace images and TTP maps were interpreted by two examiners and compared with clinical and imaging follow-up. PWI revealed an area of slowed flow in seven patients, including four with major and three with minor hypoperfusion on SPECT. In two patients, PWI did not demonstrate any abnormality, while SPECT revealed major hypoperfusion in one and a minor deficit hypoperfusion in the other. Two patients with high signal on DWI had a permanent neurological deficit.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0028-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
610-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Aneurysm, Ruptured, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Blood Flow Velocity, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Cerebrovascular Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Intracranial Aneurysm, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Radiopharmaceuticals, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial, pubmed-meshheading:12136364-Vasospasm, Intracranial
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Symptomatic vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage: assessment of brain damage by diffusion and perfusion-weighted MRI and single-photon emission computed tomography.
pubmed:affiliation
Neurosurgical Intensive Care, Hôpital Roger Salengro, Boulevard du Professeur Leclercq, 59037 Lille Cedex, France. xleclerc@chru-lille.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article