Persisting perfusion defect in transient ischemic attacks: a new clinically useful subgroup?

Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation
P LalouxC Laterre

Abstract

Cerebral infarction and prolonged regional hypoperfusion have been described in patients with transient ischemic attacks (TIAs). The aim of this study was to compare the sensitivity of single-photon emission CT (SPECT) with that of brain CT and to evaluate the clinical significance of differentiation of TIA patients with or without focal hypoperfusion. From a hospital-based population, we studied the SPECT and CT findings in 76 consecutive patients, without a stroke history, who presented with TIA in the carotid artery territory. The recorded variables were the time of SPECT, imaging (<36 or > or = 36 hours), clinical presentation, history of previous TIA(s), duration of the presenting attack (<2 or > or = 2 hours), vascular risk factors, and etiology. We used both visual and semiquantitative analyses for the SPECT evaluation. Acetazolamide challenge was not performed. The overall SPECT sensitivity was 36% (27/76). When brain CT and SPECT were performed in the same patients, the SPECT sensitivity was significantly higher than that of CT (19/59 [32%] versus 8/59 [14%]; P=.007). The SPECT sensitivity was not dependent on the time of investigation, duration of attacks, history of TIA(s), or the clinical presentation. The vascular ...Continue Reading

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