| Cerebral blood flow velocity and vasomotor reactivity before and after shunting surgery in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus. | |
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PMID: 9755329 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate pre- and post-shunting haemodynamic changes and their correlation with the clinical results in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Accordingly, eleven demented patients with clinical signs suggestive of NPH received examinations of cerebral blood flow velocity (BFV) and vasomotor reactivity (VMR) by transcranial Doppler sonography with carbogen testing before and after shunt treatment. Computerized tomography (CT), clinical assessment and neuropsychological grading were performed prior to and at 3 months following surgery. A control group consisting of 10 patients was included to establish baseline data. The pre-operative CBF studies in the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) and the middle cerebral artery (MCA) revealed the NPH patients did not have significant decreases of BFVs, but had significant decreases of carbogen VMR (P < 0.05). After shunting, there were no significant changes of the BFVs as compared with the pre-shunting data. The post-shunting VMR of the ACA was significantly higher than the pre-shunting one (p < 0.05), but there was no variation in that of the MCA. Both the values of post-shunting VMR in ACA and the post-shunting increase in VMR in MCA of the 7 shunt-responsive patients who improved mentally and in other symptoms were significantly higher than those of patients without improvement (p < 0.05). In addition, the five patients with gait improvement showed significantly higher values of post-shunting VMR of ACA and the post-shunting increase of VMR for both ACA and MCA when compared with those patients without gait improvement (p < 0.05, respectively). Our study supports the view that patients with NPH had various degrees of impaired VMR in both the ACA and the MCA, but showed insignificant reduction in BFVs, indicating a compensatory mechanism of CBF over time to accommodate the subnormal state of cerebral perfusion pressure. Shunt placement would improve the VMR in responsive patients. Postoperatively, an increase of VMR tends to accompany improvement of the functional state: that in the MCA alone is associated with symptomatic improvement in mental function and that increase in VMR in both the ACA and the MCA with improvement in gait, respectively. |
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Authors:
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E J Lee; Y C Hung; C H Chang; M C Pai; H H Chen |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Acta neurochirurgica Volume: 140 ISSN: 0001-6268 ISO Abbreviation: Acta Neurochir (Wien) Publication Date: 1998 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1998-12-04 Completed Date: 1998-12-04 Revised Date: 2009-11-11 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0151000 Medline TA: Acta Neurochir (Wien) Country: AUSTRIA |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 599-604; discussion 604-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan. |
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Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Blood Flow Velocity / physiology* Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts* Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology* Female Humans Hydrocephalus / physiopathology, surgery*, ultrasonography Intracranial Pressure / physiology* Male Middle Aged Postoperative Period Pulse Treatment Outcome Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial Vasomotor System / physiology* |
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