Use of various CT imaging methods for diagnosis of acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2013.07.010

Abstract

Abstract:

Thirty-four patients with cerebral infarction and 18 patients with transient ischemic attack were examined by multi-slice spiral CT scan, CT perfusion imaging, and CT angiography within 6 hours after onset. By CT perfusion imaging, 29 cases in the cerebral infarction group and 10 cases in the transient ischemic attack group presented with abnormal blood flow perfusion, which corresponded to the clinical symptoms. By CT angiography, various degrees of vascular stenosis could be detected in 41 patients, including 33 in the cerebral infarction group and eight in the transient ischemic attack group. The incidence of intracranial artery stenosis was higher than that of extracranial artery stenosis. The intracranial artery stenosis was located predominantly in the middle cerebral artery and carotid artery siphon, while the extracranial artery stenosis occurred mainly in the bifurcation of the common carotid artery and the opening of the vertebral artery. There were 34 cases (83%) with convict vascular stenosis and perfusion abnormalities, and five cases (45%) with perfusion abnormalities but without convict vascular stenosis. The incidence of cerebral infarction in patients with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores ≥ 5 points during onset was significantly higher than that in patients with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores < 5 points. These experimental findings indicate that the combined application of various CT imaging methods allows early diagnosis of acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease, which can comprehensively analyze the pathogenesis and severity of acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease at the morphological and functional levels.

Key words: neural regeneration, neuroimaging, clinical practice, multi-slice spiral CT, CT perfusion imaging, CT angiography, ischemic cerebrovascular disease, diagnosis, cerebral infarction, transient ischemic attack, perfusion, neurological function deficit, grants-supported paper, photographs-containing paper, neuroregeneration

Gang Wang, Xue Cheng, Xianglin Zhang. Use of various CT imaging methods for diagnosis of acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease[J]. Neural Regeneration Research, 2013, 8(7): 655-661.

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