Journal article
Ischemic Thresholds for Gray and White Matter
Shuji Arakawa, Peter M Wright, Masatoshi Koga, Thanh G Phan, David C Reutens, Indra Lim, Marveyles R Gunawan, Henry Ma, Nilupul Perera, John Ly, Jorge Zavala, Gregory Fitt, Geoffery A Donnan
Stroke | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) | Published : 2006
Abstract
Background and Purpose— Although gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) have differing neurochemical responses to ischemia in animal models, it is unclear whether this translates into differing thresholds for infarction. We studied this issue in ischemic stroke patients using magnetic resonance (MR) techniques. Methods— MR studies were performed in patients with acute hemispheric ischemic stroke occurring within 24 hours and at 3 months. Cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral blood volume (CBV), mean transit time (MTT), and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were calculated. After segmentation b..
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