Open AccessRelationship between treatment types and blood–brain barrier disruption in patients with acute ischemic stroke: Two case reports
Author(s) -
Youngbeom Seo,
JongHoon Kim,
Min Cheol Chang,
Hyungkyu Huh,
Eun-Hee Lee
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i7.2351
Subject(s) - medicine , penumbra , magnetic resonance imaging , stroke (engine) , blood–brain barrier , ischemic stroke , infarction , ischemia , brain ischemia , cerebral infarction , radiology , cardiology , anesthesia , central nervous system , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption plays an important role in the development of neurological dysfunction in ischemic stroke. However, diagnostic modalities that can clearly diagnose the degree of BBB disruption in ischemic stroke are limited. Here, we describe two cases in which the usefulness of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) in detecting BBB disruption was evaluated after treatment of acute ischemic stroke using two different methods.