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Effect of hyper- and hypocapnia on cerebral arterial compliance in normal subjects.
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PMID:  19888933     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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BACKGROUND: Changes in partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) are associated with a decrease in cerebral blood flow (CBF) during hypocapnia and an increase in CBF during hypercapnia. However, the effects of changes in PaCO2 on cerebral arterial compliance (Ca) are unknown.
METHODS: We assessed the changes in Ca in 20 normal subjects using monitoring of arterial blood pressure (ABP) and cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV). Cerebral arterial blood volume (CaBV) was extracted from CBFV. Ca was defined as the ratio between the pulse amplitudes of CaBV (AMP(CaBV) ) and ABP (AMP(ABP) ). All parameters were recorded during normo-, hyper-, and hypocapnia.
RESULTS: During hypocapnia, Ca was significantly lower than during normocapnia (.10 ± .04 vs. .17 ± .06; P < .001) secondary to a decrease in AMP(CaBV) (1.3 ± .4 vs. 1.9 ± .5; P < .001) and a concomitant increase in AMP(ABP) (13.8 ± 3.4 vs. 11.6 ± 1.7 mmHg; P < .001). During hypercapnia, there was no change in Ca compared with normocapnia. Ca was inversely correlated with the cerebrovascular resistance during hypo- (R(2) = 0.86; P < .001), and hypercapnia (R(2) = 0.61; P < .001).
CONCLUSION: Using a new mathematical model, we have described a reduction of Ca during hypocapnia. Further studies are needed to determine whether Ca may be an independent predictor of outcome in pathological conditions.
Authors:
Emmanuel Carrera; Dong-Joo Kim; Gianluca Castellani; Christian Zweifel; Peter Smielewski; John D Pickard; Marek Czosnyka
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging     Volume:  21     ISSN:  1552-6569     ISO Abbreviation:  J Neuroimaging     Publication Date:  2011 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-03-25     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9102705     Medline TA:  J Neuroimaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  121-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Copyright © 2009 by the American Society of Neuroimaging.
Affiliation:
From the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
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