Advanced

AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

This Article Figures Only Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Horn, P. Articles by Schmiedek, P. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Horn, P. Articles by Schmiedek, P.

American Journal of Neuroradiology 22:1543-1549 (9 2001)
© 2001 American Society of Neuroradiology

ARTICLE

Xenon-Induced Flow Activation in Patients with Cerebral Insult Who Undergo Xenon-Enhanced CT Blood Flow Studies

Peter Horn^a, Peter Vajkoczy^a, Claudius Thomé^a, Elke Muench^a, Lothar Schilling^a and Peter Schmiedek^a

^a From the Departments of Neurosurgery (P.H., P.V., C.T., L.S., P.S.) and Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (E.M.), University Hospital Mannheim, Faculty of Clinical Medicine, University Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Stable xenon–enhanced CT (^sXe/CT) has gained wide acceptance in the assessment of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with intracranial abnormalities. The aim of this study was to test whether the contrast medium (ie, ^sXe) itself directly induces relevant changes in rCBF, thereby distorting any valid determination of cerebral perfusion by using ^sXe/CT.

METHODS: To characterize the degree and temporal dynamics of ^sXe-induced flow activation, a thermal diffusion (TD)-based microprobe was placed subcortically into the frontal lobe on either hemisphere to assess rCBF (TD-rCBF) continuously in 23 patients (mean age, 55 ± 18 years) with severe intracranial insult who were undergoing ^sXe/CT.

RESULTS: In 35, the ^sXe/CT studies TD-rCBF rose from 25 ± 17 mL/100 g per minute (range, 5–42 mL/100 g per minute) before ^sXe administration to 28 ± 21 mL/100 g per minute (range, 6–46 mL/100 g per minute) after arterial ^sXe saturation was reached. Analysis of the flow activation curve showed a logarithmic shape with an increase in TD-rCBF between 3% and 7% within the first 76 seconds of ^sXe wash-in (12% after 190 seconds) and showed no further augmentation until the end of the blood flow study.

CONCLUSION: The observed ^sXe-induced rCBF activation, which showed significant inter- and intraindividual variability, might lead to overestimation of rCBF in patients with severe intracranial insult. The obtained flow activation curve provides essential information that may allow subsequent refinement of the methodology, aiming to further minimize the influence of ^sXe-induced rCBF activation on rCBF calculations when using ^sXe/CT technology.

This article has been cited by other articles:

				M. Czabanka, P. Pena-Tapia, G. A. Schubert, J. Woitzik, P. Vajkoczy, and P. Schmiedek Characterization of Cortical Microvascularization in Adult Moyamoya Disease Stroke, June 1, 2008; 39(6): 1703 - 1709. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				G TAN and T GODDARD Neuroimaging applications of multislice CT perfusion Imaging, June 1, 2007; 19(2): 142 - 152. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. C. Hemphill III, W. S. Smith, D. C. Sonne, D. Morabito, and G. T. Manley Relationship between Brain Tissue Oxygen Tension and CT Perfusion: Feasibility and Initial Results AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol., May 1, 2005; 26(5): 1095 - 1100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. D. Eastwood, M. H. Lev, and J. M. Provenzale Perfusion CT with Iodinated Contrast Material Am. J. Roentgenol., January 1, 2003; 180(1): 3 - 12. [Full Text] [PDF]