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Application of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Imaging in Global Cerebral Edema

Application of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Imaging in Global Cerebral Edema BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Blood-brain barrier permeability is not routinely evaluated in the clinical setting. Global cerebral edema occurs after SAH and is associated with BBB disruption. Detection of global cerebral edema using current imaging techniques is challenging. Our purpose was to apply blood-brain barrier permeability imaging in patients with global cerebral edema by using extended CT perfusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with SAH underwent CTP in the early phase after aneurysmal rupture (days 0–3) and were classified as having global cerebral edema or nonglobal cerebral edema using established noncontrast CT criteria. CTP data were postprocessed into blood-brain barrier permeability quantitative maps of PS (permeability surface-area product), K trans (volume transfer constant from blood plasma to extravascular extracellular space), K ep (washout rate constant of the contrast agent from extravascular extracellular space to intravascular space), VE (extravascular extracellular space volume per unit of tissue volume), VP (plasmatic volume per unit of tissue volume), and F (plasma flow) by using Olea Sphere software. Mean values were compared using t tests. RESULTS: Twenty-two patients were included in the analysis. K ep (1.32 versus 1.52, P < .0001), K trans (0.15 versus 0.19, P < .0001), VP (0.51 versus 0.57, P = .0007), and F (1176 versus 1329, P = .0001) were decreased in global cerebral edema compared with nonglobal cerebral edema while VE (0.81 versus 0.39, P < .0001) was increased. CONCLUSIONS: Extended CTP was used to evaluate blood-brain barrier permeability in patients with SAH with and without global cerebral edema. K ep is an important indicator of altered blood-brain barrier permeability in patients with decreased blood flow, as K ep is flow-independent. Further study of blood-brain barrier permeability is needed to improve diagnosis and monitoring of global cerebral edema. ABBREVIATIONS: BBBP blood-brain barrier permeability EES extravascular extracellular space F plasma flow GCE global cerebral edema IVS intravascular space K ep washout rate constant of the contrast agent from EES to IVS K trans volume transfer constant from blood plasma to EES PS permeability surface-area product VE extravascular extracellular space volume per unit of tissue volume VP plasmatic volume per unit of tissue volume http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Neuroradiology American Journal of Neuroradiology

Application of Blood-Brain Barrier Permeability Imaging in Global Cerebral Edema

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American Journal of Neuroradiology
Copyright
Copyright © 2016 by the American Society of Neuroradiology.
ISSN
0195-6108
eISSN
1936-959X
DOI
10.3174/ajnr.A4784
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27127002
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Blood-brain barrier permeability is not routinely evaluated in the clinical setting. Global cerebral edema occurs after SAH and is associated with BBB disruption. Detection of global cerebral edema using current imaging techniques is challenging. Our purpose was to apply blood-brain barrier permeability imaging in patients with global cerebral edema by using extended CT perfusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with SAH underwent CTP in the early phase after aneurysmal rupture (days 0–3) and were classified as having global cerebral edema or nonglobal cerebral edema using established noncontrast CT criteria. CTP data were postprocessed into blood-brain barrier permeability quantitative maps of PS (permeability surface-area product), K trans (volume transfer constant from blood plasma to extravascular extracellular space), K ep (washout rate constant of the contrast agent from extravascular extracellular space to intravascular space), VE (extravascular extracellular space volume per unit of tissue volume), VP (plasmatic volume per unit of tissue volume), and F (plasma flow) by using Olea Sphere software. Mean values were compared using t tests. RESULTS: Twenty-two patients were included in the analysis. K ep (1.32 versus 1.52, P < .0001), K trans (0.15 versus 0.19, P < .0001), VP (0.51 versus 0.57, P = .0007), and F (1176 versus 1329, P = .0001) were decreased in global cerebral edema compared with nonglobal cerebral edema while VE (0.81 versus 0.39, P < .0001) was increased. CONCLUSIONS: Extended CTP was used to evaluate blood-brain barrier permeability in patients with SAH with and without global cerebral edema. K ep is an important indicator of altered blood-brain barrier permeability in patients with decreased blood flow, as K ep is flow-independent. Further study of blood-brain barrier permeability is needed to improve diagnosis and monitoring of global cerebral edema. ABBREVIATIONS: BBBP blood-brain barrier permeability EES extravascular extracellular space F plasma flow GCE global cerebral edema IVS intravascular space K ep washout rate constant of the contrast agent from EES to IVS K trans volume transfer constant from blood plasma to EES PS permeability surface-area product VE extravascular extracellular space volume per unit of tissue volume VP plasmatic volume per unit of tissue volume

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American Journal of NeuroradiologyAmerican Journal of Neuroradiology

Published: Sep 1, 2016

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