Reactivity of cerebral blood flow to carbon dioxide in various types of ischemic cerebrovascular disease: evaluation by the transcranial Doppler method.
Author(s) -
Hiroaki Maeda,
Masayasu Matsumoto,
Nobuo Handa,
Hidetaka Hougaku,
Satoshi Ogawa,
Takuya Ito,
Yasumasa Tsukamoto,
Tomoari Kamada
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.24.5.670
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , cardiology , transcranial doppler , middle cerebral artery , infarction , cerebral infarction , cerebral blood flow , anesthesia , ischemia , myocardial infarction
The response of cerebral blood flow to changes in the arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure (i.e., carbon dioxide reactivity) has been evaluated as a parameter of cerebral perfusion reserve in patients with cerebrovascular disease. In this study, variations in this reactivity in various ischemic cerebrovascular diseases were evaluated by a newly established method, a transcranial Doppler technique.
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