Cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism in symptomatic internal carotid artery occlusion by atherosclerosis and by cervical dissection

2003 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 163-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques De Reuck ◽  
Koen Paemeleire ◽  
Danny Decoo ◽  
Georges Van Maele ◽  
Karel Strijckmans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Internal Carotid Artery ◽  
Internal Carotid ◽  
Oxygen Metabolism ◽  
Artery Occlusion ◽  
Carotid Artery Occlusion ◽  
Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion

Assessing the Effects of Antihypertensive Medication on Cerebral Blood Flow: Demonstration in Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion

DICP ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 1299-1301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan C. Fagan ◽  
James R. Ewing ◽  
Steven R. Levine ◽  
Gretchen E. Tietjen ◽  
Nabih M. Ramadan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Internal Carotid Artery ◽  
Antihypertensive Medication ◽  
Internal Carotid ◽  
Artery Occlusion ◽  
Carotid Artery Occlusion ◽  
Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion ◽  
Bilateral Carotid

Dynamic cerebral blood flow (CBF) studies using acetazolamide or hypercapnia as a vasodilatory challenge have attempted to evaluate intracranial hemodynamics. We report two patients with asymptomatic internal carotid artery occlusion in whom the vasodilatory stimulus was a single oral dose of antihypertensive medication (prazosin hydrochloride or enalapril maléate). In both patients, changes in regional CBF occurred that were larger than those seen in nine normal controls. One patient experienced an improvement in regional CBF with a reduction in probe pair asymmetry. In the other patient, who had bilateral carotid artery disease, a decrease in regional CBF in all 16 probes (mean decrease 12 percent) and an accentuation of the predose asymmetry were observed. Both patients remained asymptomatic throughout the study. Assessing these effects on cerebral circulation may help identify patients at risk for iatrogenic focal cerebral ischemia and provide information regarding the functional status of the cerebral vasculature.

Computer modeling of cerebral blood flow following internal carotid artery occlusion

1996 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip S. Dickey ◽  
Purushothaman Kailasnath ◽  
Gary Bloomgarden ◽  
Isaac Goodrich ◽  
John Chaloupka
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Internal Carotid Artery ◽  
Computer Modeling ◽  
Internal Carotid ◽  
Artery Occlusion ◽  
Carotid Artery Occlusion ◽  
Internal Carotid Artery Occlusion
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