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- Preoperative Cerebral Oxygen Extraction Fraction Imaging Generated from 7T MR Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping Predicts Development of Cerebral Hyperperfusion following Carotid Endarterectomy
Seventy-seven patients with unilateral internal carotid artery stenosis underwent preoperative 3DT2*-weighted imaging using a multiple dipole-inversion algorithm with a 7T MR scanner. Quantitative susceptibility mapping images wereobtained, and oxygen extraction fraction maps were generated. Quantitative brain perfusion single-photon emission CT was alsoperformed before and immediately after carotid endarterectomy. Ten patients (13%) showed post–carotid endarterectomy hyperperfusion. Multivariate analysis showed that a high quantitative susceptibility mapping–oxygen extraction fraction ratio was significantly associated with the development of post–carotid endarterectomy hyperperfusion.