Detection of postural cerebral hypoperfusion with technetium-99m-HMPAO brain SPECT in patients with cerebrovascular disease.
Seventeen of 19 patients (67 +/- 8 yr, 17 males and 2 females) had more than 75% unilateral stenosis or occlusion of the internal carotid or middle cerebral artery and two patients had carotid endarterectomy that previously had 90% stenosis of the internal carotid artery. They were studied during upright 99mTc-HMPAO brain SPECT. HMPA was injected immediately after arising from a supine position. Patients were classified into Group A (n = 10) with occlusion of the internal carotid or the middle cerebral artery or Group B (n = 9) with more than 75% unilateral stenosis of the internal carotid or the middle cerebral artery and with carotid endarterectomy. Additional cerebral blood flow perfusion abnormalities between upright and supine 99mTc-HMPAO brain SPECT were detected in seven patients in Group A and in only one patient in Group B. Semiquantitative analysis showed that the asymmetric ratios between upright and supine positions changed significantly in Group A from 0.82 +/- 0.15 to 0.89 +/- 0.10 (p < 0.01), but not in Group B, from 0.89 +/- 0.11 to 0.92 +/- 0.12 (ns). Additional perfusion abnormalities were relevant to occlusion of the internal carotid or middle cerebral artery indicated postural cerebral hypoperfusion. We conclude that upright 99mTc-HMPAO brain SPECT visualizes postural cerebral hypoperfusion possibly related to silent cerebral ischemia.
Hayashida
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Department of Radiology, Medical School, Osaka University, Japan.
Hirose
Y
Y
Kaminaga
T
T
Ishida
Y
Y
Imakita
S
S
Takamiya
M
M
Yokota
I
I
Nishimura
T
T
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D011187:Posture; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime