Experimental acute cerebral ischemia with reperfusion. Evaluation with gadolinium-texaphyrin.
Invest Radiol
; 31(6): 353-8, 1996 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:
The authors explore the potential usefulness of the new contrast medium gadolinium (Gd)-texaphyrin (PCI-0101) in magnetic resonance imaging of experimental acute cerebral ischemia with reperfusion.METHODS:
Four New Zealand white rabbits underwent 2 hours of transorbital occlusion of the left internal carotid, anterior, and middle cerebral arteries, followed by 2 hours of reperfusion with normal saline. Immediately thereafter, the rabbits were injected with 25 mumol/kg of 2 mmol/L Gd-texaphyrin and killed by barbiturate overdose. Postmortem T1- and T2-weighted coronal scans were performed at 1.5 Tesla and correlated with histopathologic findings.RESULTS:
Postcontrast T1-weighted images showed high signal within extensive cortical and basal ganglia infarcts. Areas of high signal on T1-weighted images were less extensive than on T2-weighted images, and corresponded to only a portion of the region of neuronal damage seen histologically. Signal intensity of infarcted brain on postcontrast T1-weighted images was significantly greater than normal brain in the contralateral hemisphere (P < 0.0014).CONCLUSIONS:
Experimental reperfused infarcts only 2 hours old demonstrate contrast enhancement with Gd-texaphyrin.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Traumatismo por Reperfusão
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Isquemia Encefálica
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Meios de Contraste
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Gadolínio
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Metaloporfirinas
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Invest Radiol
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos