PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E I Levy
AU  - A M Scarrow
AU  - E Kanal
AU  - G Rubin
AU  - H Yonas
AU  - L Kirby
TI  - Reversible ischemia determined by xenon-enhanced CT after 90 minutes of complete basilar artery occlusion.
DP  - 1998 Nov 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1943--1946
VI  - 19
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/10/1943.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/19/10/1943.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.1998 Nov 01; 19
AB  - Intraarterial thrombolytic therapy decreases mortality in the treatment of acute basilar artery occlusion. An acute decrease in cerebral blood flow (CBF) (<12 mL/100 g per minute) has been reported to invariably result in infarction. We report a case of acute basilar artery occlusion, recanalized within 90 minutes, with reversal of CBF of less than 6 mL/100 g per minute. After reperfusion, areas with persistent CBF of 6 mL/100 g per minute resulted in infarctions on subsequent CT studies. Parenchymal viability is possible after 90 minutes of posterior CBF of 6 mL/100 g per minute.