[The SPECT demonstration of an improvement in cerebral perfusion in a female patient with Takayasu's disease following carotid revascularization].
Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging play an important role in the diagnosis of cerebrovascular disease, but only in the morphological aspect. To assess changes in cerebral perfusion are necessary functional images techniques such as positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). By these methods we can evaluate the cerebral hemodynamics to better understand the significance of chronic ischemia as a stroke risk factor for patients with carotid stenosis. A case of improvement of cerebral blood flow demonstrated by SPECT after carotid revascularization in a young woman with Takayasu's disease is described.
Hospital Militar Central Gómez Ulla, Madrid, Espãna.
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Alguacil Rodríguez
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Sánchez Mayorga
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Fueyo Bros
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Sanz Fernández
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Portellano Pérez
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Guijarro Escribano
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Fernández Abreu
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Novoa Cheng
D000328:Adult; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Demonstración mediante SPECT de la mejoría de la perfusión cerebral en una paciente afecta de una Enfermedad de Takayasu después de realizar una revascularización carotídea.