Open AccessCholine and Creatine Are Not Reliable Denominators for Calculating Metabolite Ratios in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Author(s) -
Susana Muñoz Maniega,
Vera Cvoro,
Paul A. Armitage,
Ian Marshall,
Mark E. Bastin,
Joanna M. Wardlaw
Publication year - 2008
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/strokeaha.107.507020
Subject(s) - choline , creatine , medicine , metabolite , stroke (engine) , magnetic resonance imaging , ischemic stroke , cardiology , endocrinology , ischemia , radiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Choline and creatine are commonly used as denominators for other metabolites in ischemic stroke spectroscopy, assuming that they do not change. We investigated their concentration variation over time after stroke.
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