title: Hemodynamic evaluation in patients with superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery anastomosis--stable xenon CT-CBF study and acetazolamide.
abstract: Sixteen patients with minor completed stroke in the chronic stage underwent superficial temporal artery-middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) anastomosis. The acetazolamide-activated regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was measured 20 minutes after the injection using inhalation of stable xenon and computed tomographic scanning (Xes CT-CBF study) pre- and postoperatively. Eleven patients (Group 1) showed immediate improvement in neurological state within a few days of the operation, while five (Group 2) showed no improvements. Preoperative rCBF in the ischemic areas without infarction was 30.8 +/- 3.0 ml/100 gm/min in Group 1 and 53.0 +/- 5.2 ml/100 gm/min in Group 2. Preoperative vasodilatory capacity with acetazolamide in Group 1 was 5.7 +/- 8.6 and significantly increased to 19.8 +/- 4.9 after surgery. In Group 2, pre- and postoperative vasodilatory capacity was 12.7 +/- 3.1 and 14.9 +/- 2.9, respectively, and there was no significant change. These results suggested that minor stroke patients with moderate decrease of affected side rCBF (less than 40 ml/100 gm/min) and with hemodynamic impairment may have the surgical indication for STA-MCA anastomosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Neurological Institute.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Touho
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karasawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shishido
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morisako
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shibamoto
mesh_terms: D000086:Acetazolamide; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014978:Xenon
chemical_list: D014978:Xenon; D000086:Acetazolamide