Letter by Freeman and Taussky Regarding Article, “Near Infrared Spectroscopy for the Detection of Desaturations in Vulnerable Ischemic Brain Tissue: A Pilot Study at the Stroke Unit Bedside” | Zendy

William D. Freeman | Zendy; Philipp Taussky | Zendy

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Letter by Freeman and Taussky Regarding Article, “Near Infrared Spectroscopy for the Detection of Desaturations in Vulnerable Ischemic Brain Tissue: A Pilot Study at the Stroke Unit Bedside”

Author(s) -

William D. Freeman,

Philipp Taussky

Publication year - 2012

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.112.652792

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , brain tissue , mechanical engineering , engineering

To the Editor:We read with great interest the article by Aries et al,1 in which they studied near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to monitor 9 patients with ischemic stroke who had more “desaturations” in the affected hemisphere than the nonaffected hemisphere. Their study raises questions of why this would pathophysiologically occur, such as different collateral flow or differential cerebral …

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