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Evaluation of cerebral blood flow in older patients with status epilepticus using arterial spin labeling. eNeurologicalSci 2019; 14:56-59. [PMID: 30619954 PMCID: PMC6313842 DOI: 10.1016/j.ensci.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Revised: 09/06/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Although older patients with status epilepticus (SE) have a high mortality rate and poor outcome, it is difficult to perform emergent electroencephalography (EEG) to diagnose SE in community hospitals. Arterial spin labeling (ASL) is a non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that can rapidly assess cerebral blood flow (CBF). Further, ASL can detect increased CBF in the ictal period. Therefore, ASL may be a useful tool for diagnosing SE in older patients. However, its effectiveness in this population is unknown. Methods We retrospectively investigated differences in CBF abnormalities between older patients (≥70 years) and non-older patients (<70 years) with SE using ASL. Participants were diagnosed with convulsive status epilepticus (CSE) or non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) based on symptoms, brain MRI, and EEG. Results ASL detected CBF abnormalities in 40% of older patients with CSE or NCSE. Rates of CBF abnormalities in older patients were not significantly different compared with that in non-older patients. Conclusions ASL did not detect a higher rate of CBF abnormalities in older patients, but may help physicians diagnose SE in older patients in a community hospital setting if emergent EEG cannot be immediately performed. ASL is a non-invasive MRI technique. ASL can assess CBF in a short time. ASL showed abnormality in CBF in 40% of older patients with SE. ASL detected CBF abnormality more often in older patients with NCSE than with CSE. ASL may be an aid to diagnosing SE in older patients.
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Identification of cerebral perfusion using arterial spin labeling in patients with seizures in acute settings. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173538. [PMID: 28291816 PMCID: PMC5349669 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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This study aimed to explore the utility of arterial spin labeling perfusion-weighted imaging (ASL-PWI) in patients with suspected seizures in acute settings. A total of 164 patients who underwent ASL-PWI for suspected seizures in acute settings (with final diagnoses of seizure [n = 129], poststroke seizure [n = 18], and seizure mimickers [n = 17]), were included in this retrospective study. Perfusion abnormality was analyzed for: (1) pattern, (2) multifocality, and (3) atypical distribution against vascular territories. Perfusion abnormality was detected in 39% (50/129) of the seizure patients, most (94%, 47/50) being the hyperperfusion pattern. Of the patients with perfusion abnormality, multifocality or hemispheric involvement and atypical distribution against vascular territory were revealed in 46% (23/50) and 98% (49/50), respectively. In addition, seizures showed characteristic features including hyperperfusion (with or without non-territorial distribution) on ASL-PWI, thus differentiating them from poststroke seizures or seizure mimickers. In patients in whom seizure focus could be localized on both EEG and ASL-PWI, the concordance rate was 77%. The present study demonstrates that ASL-PWI can provide information regarding cerebral perfusion status in patients with seizures in acute settings and has the potential to be used as a non-invasive imaging tool to identify the cerebral perfusion in patients with seizures.
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Nedeltchev K, Arnold M, Schwerzmann M, Nirkko A, Lagger F, Mattle HP, Sturzenegger M. Cerebrovascular Response to Repetitive Visual Stimulation in Interictal Migraine with Aura. Cephalalgia 2016; 24:700-6. [PMID: 15315525 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2004.00740.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cortical hypersensitivity and absent habituation to different stimuli have been observed in migraine patients. These features might also be transmitted to the cerebral vasoreactivity, but results are conflicting so far. Transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) was used to assess cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) changes in the middle (MCA) and posterior cerebral arteries (PCA) in relation to repetitive checkerboard visual stimulation. Stimulation consisted of 10 consecutive cycles, each comprising 10 s stimulation and 10 s rest. TCD recordings were analysed using stimulus-related averaging algorithm. Data of 19 interictal migraineurs with aura were compared to those of 19 headache-free healthy volunteers. The CBFV increase in PCA and in MCA during visual stimulation was significantly larger and steeper in migraineurs than in controls ( P = 0.017 and P = 0.005). The response in PCA remained stable over the 10 stimulation cycles, both in migraineurs and in controls. The response in MCA was stable only in migraineurs. In controls it decreased over the last 5 stimulation cycles compared with the first 5 cycles ( P = 0.04). Migraineurs with aura exhibit a larger cerebrovascular response to repetitive visual stimulation compared to headache-free subjects. A reduced adaptation to environmental stimuli in migraine is suggested, since there was no habituation in migraineurs in contrast to healthy controls.
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- K Nedeltchev
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Kim BS, Lee ST, Yun TJ, Lee SK, Paeng JC, Jun J, Kang KM, Choi SH, Kim JH, Sohn CH. Capability of arterial spin labeling MR imaging in localizing seizure focus in clinical seizure activity. Eur J Radiol 2016; 85:1295-303. [PMID: 27235877 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2016] [Revised: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate cerebral blood flow using arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in patients with clinical seizure activity and determine its diagnostic performance in identifying seizure focus. MATERIALS AND METHODS Institutional Review Board of our hospital approved this retrospective study. Informed consent was waived. Clinical seizure focus was determined by a neurologist based on seizure semiology, electroencephalography, and conventional imaging modalities. The diagnostic performance of ASL perfusion MR imaging to identifying seizure focus compared to clinical seizure focus was analyzed. RESULTS Clinical seizure focus was localized in 95% (42/44) of patients. The sensitivity and specificity of ASL perfusion MR imaging for identifying seizure focus were 74% (95% CI: 58%, 86%) (clinical seizure focus was localizable in 31 of 42 patients, including complete concordance in 10 patients and partial concordance in 21 patients) and 0% (95% CI: 0%, 84%) (for the two patients whose clinical seizure foci were not localizable, they were identified by ASL perfusion MR imaging), respectively. Thus, the overall accuracy of ASL perfusion MR imaging for localizing seizure focus was 70% (33/44). For 4 patients who had abnormal perfusion on ASL, their seizure foci based on ASL perfusion MR imaging were discordant with clinical seizure foci. CONCLUSION ASL perfusion MR imaging can provide information about perfusion status and important diagnostic clue in localizing seizure focus in patients with clinical seizure activity. It has the potential as a non-invasive complementary diagnostic tool for patients with clinical seizure activity.
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- Beom Su Kim
- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Bek S, Kaşikçi T, Genç G, Demirkaya S, Gökçil Z, Odabaşi Z. Lateralization of cerebral blood flow in juvenile absence seizures. J Neurol 2010; 257:1181-7. [PMID: 20155275 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5488-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2009] [Revised: 01/18/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2010] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cerebrovascular blood flow in absence seizures and flow patterns during the ictal period have not been thoroughly investigated. We aimed to evaluate cerebral blood flow changes in typical juvenile absence seizures during the ictal and postictal phases. Seizures were recorded in three patients (mean age: 21 +/- 1 years) with multiple daily typical absence seizures. Simultaneous video electroencephalography and bilateral middle cerebral artery transcranial Doppler ultrasonography recordings were conducted during seizures. Basal, ictal, and postictal blood flow velocities were recorded bilaterally, and offline analyses were performed in relation with generalized spike and wave discharges. Total of 43 seizures were recorded. Ictal increase and postictal decrease of cerebral blood flow velocities were significant for both sides (P < 0.001). The interhemispheric asymmetry in the ictal velocity increase was significant (P < 0.05). The interhemispheric asymmetry in the postictal velocity decrease was not significant (P > 0.05). The blood flow velocity increase after seizure onset indicates a vascular coupling mechanism. A sudden and then a gradual decrease in blood flow velocity, which lasted even after the seizure ceased, might suggest a preventive mechanism to avoid excessive seizure duration or even an absence status epilepticus. Significant asymmetries in increase and a symmetrical decrease may support the cortical focus theory.
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- Semai Bek
- Department of Neurology, Gulhane Medical Faculty, Etlik-Ankara, Turkey.
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Hauf M, Slotboom J, Nirkko A, von Bredow F, Ozdoba C, Wiest R. Cortical regional hyperperfusion in nonconvulsive status epilepticus measured by dynamic brain perfusion CT. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2009; 30:693-8. [PMID: 19213823 DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.a1456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is associated with a mortality rate of up to 18%, therefore requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment. Our aim was to evaluate the diagnostic value of perfusion CT (PCT) in the differential diagnosis of NCSE versus postictal states in patients presenting with persistent altered mental states after a preceding epileptic seizure. We hypothesized that regional cortical hyperperfusion can be measured by PCT in patients with NCSE, whereas it is not present in postictal states. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nineteen patients with persistent altered mental status after a preceding epileptic seizure underwent PCT and electroencephalography (EEG). Patients were stratified as presenting with NCSE (n = 9) or a postictal state (n = 10) on the basis of clinical history and EEG data. Quantitative and visual analysis of the perfusion maps was performed. RESULTS Patients during NCSE had significantly increased regional cerebral blood flow (P > .0001), increased regional cerebral blood volume (P > .001), and decreased (P > .001) mean transit time compared with the postictal state. Regional cortical hyperperfusion was depicted in 7/9 of patients with NCSE by ad hoc analysis of parametric perfusion maps during emergency conditions but was not a feature of postictal states. The areas of hyperperfusion were concordant with transient clinical symptoms and EEG topography in all cases. CONCLUSIONS Visual analysis of perfusion maps detected regional hyperperfusion in NCSE with a sensitivity of 78%. The broad availability and short processing time of PCT in an emergency situation is a benefit compared with EEG. Consequently, the use of PCT in epilepsy may accelerate the diagnosis of NCSE. PCT may qualify as a complementary diagnostic tool to EEG in patients with persistent altered mental state after a preceding seizure.
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- M Hauf
- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Wiest R, von Bredow F, Schindler K, Schauble B, Slotboom J, Brekenfeld C, Remonda L, Schroth G, Ozdoba C. Detection of regional blood perfusion changes in epileptic seizures with dynamic brain perfusion CT--a pilot study. Epilepsy Res 2006; 72:102-10. [PMID: 17118628 DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2005] [Revised: 05/11/2006] [Accepted: 07/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Perfusion CT (P-CT) is used for acute stroke management, not, however, for evaluating epilepsy. To test the hypothesis that P-CT may identify patients with increased regional cerebral blood flow during subtle status epilepticus (SSE), we compared P-CT in SSE to different postictal conditions. METHODS Fifteen patients (mean age 47 years, range 21-74) underwent P-CT immediately after evaluation in our emergency room. Asymmetry indices between affected and unaffected hemispheres were calculated for regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV), regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF), and mean transit time (MTT). Regional perfusion changes were compared to EEG findings. RESULTS Three patients in subtle status epilepticus (group 1) had increased regional perfusion with electro-clinical correlate. Six patients showed postictal slowing on EEG corresponding to an area of regional hypoperfusion (group 2). CT and EEG were normal in six patients with a first epileptic seizure (group 3). Cluster analysis of asymmetry indices separated SSE from the other two groups in all three parameters, while rCBF helped to distinguish between chronic focal epilepsies and single events. CONCLUSION Preliminary results indicate that P-CT may help to identify patients with SSE during emergency workup. This technique provides important information to neurologists or emergency physicians in the difficult clinical differential diagnosis of altered mental status due to subtle status epilepticus.
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- Roland Wiest
- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Inselspital, University of Berne, 3010 Berne, Switzerland
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Nedeltchev K, Arnold M, Nirkko A, Sturzenegger M, Rihs F, Bühler R, Mattle HP. Changes in blood flow velocity in the middle and anterior cerebral arteries evoked by walking. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ULTRASOUND : JCU 2002; 30:132-138. [PMID: 11948568 DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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PURPOSE Transcranial Doppler sonography (TCD) is an established method for assessing changes in blood flow velocity (BFV) coupled to brain activity. Our objective was to investigate whether walking induces measurable changes in BFV in healthy subjects. METHODS Changes in BFV in both middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) of 40 healthy adult subjects during walking on a treadmill were measured using bilateral TCD. In 8 of the 40 subjects, 1 anterior cerebral artery (ACA) was monitored simultaneously with the contralateral MCA. The percentage increase in BFV (BFVI%) compared with the baseline velocity (V(0)), the percentage decrease in BFV (BFVD%) compared with the V(0), and the normalized ACA-MCA ratio were analyzed. RESULTS The overall mean (+/- standard deviation [SD]) V(0) was 59.9 +/- 11.6 cm/second in the left MCA and 60.1 +/- 12.9 cm/second in the right MCA. Women had higher V(0) values than men had. Walking evoked an initial mean overall BFVI% in both left (8.4 +/- 5.1%) and right MCAs (9.1 +/- 5.1%), followed by a decrease to below baseline values in 38 of 40 subjects. A statistically significant increase of the normalized ACA-MCA ratio was measured, indicating that changes in BFV in the ACA territory were coupled to brain activation during walking. CONCLUSIONS The use of functional TCD showed different changes in BFV in the ACAs and MCAs during walking. This method may be an interesting tool for monitoring progress in patients with motor deficits of the legs, such as paresis.
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- Krassen Nedeltchev
- Department of Neurology, Inselspital, University of Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Juhász C, Scheidl E, Szirmai I. Reversible focal MRI abnormalities due to status epilepticus. An EEG, single photon emission computed tomography, transcranial Doppler follow-up study. ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY AND CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 1998; 107:402-7. [PMID: 9922085 DOI: 10.1016/s0013-4694(98)00089-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We demonstrate clinical data and findings of MRI, transcranial Doppler (TCD), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and electroencephalography (EEG) in an 8 month follow-up study of a 15 year old girl who developed focal status epilepticus with sensory and visual illusions. EEG showed right temporal and occipital seizure activity and attenuation of the alpha activity with right predominance. MRI showed a right temporo-parietal hyper signal on the T2 weighted images involving the cortex with sulcal effacement. MRI-angiography suggested insufficient flow in the right transverse sinus. TCD detected an elevated flow velocity in the ipsilateral middle cerebral artery during status epilepticus, corresponding to an increased perfusion of the epileptic area revealed by SPECT. After normalization of the TCD finding, the MRI detected persistent cortical abnormality beyond the 70th day after admission. MRI normalized on the 103rd day of follow-up. Serial EEG frequency analysis demonstrated the recovery of alpha peak frequency on the left side, but the attenuation of rhythmic signals remained persistent on the right. In our case, the restitution of postictal EEG lag behind the consolidation of MRI signal abnormality.
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- C Juhász
- Department of Neurology, Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.
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Braham J. MATTERS ARISING: Stevens et al reply:. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 1995. [DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.58.4.518-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Wilder-Smith E. Elementary visual hallucinations in migraine and epilepsy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1995; 58:518-9. [PMID: 7738581 PMCID: PMC1073461 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.58.4.518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Wegener K, Timsit S, Laaengh-Massoni D, Manaï R, Rancurel G, Kieffer E. Embolism across the circle of Willis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1995; 58:517-8. [PMID: 7738580 PMCID: PMC1073460 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.58.4.517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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