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Hypercapnic BOLD MRI compared to H 2 15 O PET/CT for the hemodynamic evaluation of patients with Moyamoya Disease.
NeuroImage : Clinical 2019 Februrary 5
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patients with Moyamoya Disease (MMD) need hemodynamic evaluation of vascular territories at risk of stroke. Today's investigative standards include H2 15 O PET/CT with pharmacological challenges with acetazolamide (ACZ). Recent developments suggest that CO2 -triggered blood‑oxygen-level-dependent (BOLD) functional MRI might provide comparable results to current standard methods for evaluation of territorial hemodynamics, while being a more widely available and easily implementable method. This study examines results of a newly developed quantifiable analysis algorithm for CO2 -triggered BOLD MRI in Moyamoya patients and correlates the results with H2 15 O PET/CT with ACZ challenge to assess comparability between both modalities.
METHODS: CO2 -triggered BOLD MRI was performed and compared to H2 15 O PET/CT with ACZ challenge in patients with angiographically proven MMD. Images of both modalities were analyzed retrospectively in a blinded, standardized fashion by visual inspection, as well as with a semi-quantitative analysis using stimuli-induced approximated regional perfusion-weighted data and BOLD-signal changes with reference to cerebellum.
RESULTS: 20 consecutive patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria, a total of 160 vascular territories were analyzed retrospectively. Visual analysis (4-step visual rating system) of standardized, color-coded cerebrovascular reserve/reactivity maps showed a very strong correlation (Spearman's rho = 0.9, P < 0.001) between both modalities. Likewise, comparison of approximated regional perfusion changes across vascular territories (normalized to cerebellar change) reveal a highly significant correlation between both methods (Pearson's r = 0.71, P < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: The present analysis indicates that CO2 -triggered BOLD MRI is a very promising tool for the hemodynamic evaluation of MMD patients with results comparable to those seen in H2 15 O PET/CT with ACZ challenge. It therefore holds future potential in becoming a routine examination in the pre- and postoperative evaluation of MMD patients after further prospective evaluation.
METHODS: CO2 -triggered BOLD MRI was performed and compared to H2 15 O PET/CT with ACZ challenge in patients with angiographically proven MMD. Images of both modalities were analyzed retrospectively in a blinded, standardized fashion by visual inspection, as well as with a semi-quantitative analysis using stimuli-induced approximated regional perfusion-weighted data and BOLD-signal changes with reference to cerebellum.
RESULTS: 20 consecutive patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria, a total of 160 vascular territories were analyzed retrospectively. Visual analysis (4-step visual rating system) of standardized, color-coded cerebrovascular reserve/reactivity maps showed a very strong correlation (Spearman's rho = 0.9, P < 0.001) between both modalities. Likewise, comparison of approximated regional perfusion changes across vascular territories (normalized to cerebellar change) reveal a highly significant correlation between both methods (Pearson's r = 0.71, P < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONS: The present analysis indicates that CO2 -triggered BOLD MRI is a very promising tool for the hemodynamic evaluation of MMD patients with results comparable to those seen in H2 15 O PET/CT with ACZ challenge. It therefore holds future potential in becoming a routine examination in the pre- and postoperative evaluation of MMD patients after further prospective evaluation.
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