Assessment of cerebral metabolism using magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy
T Inoue, K Ogasawara, M Kobayashi, H Nishimoto, R Hirooka, Y Kanbara, Y Matsumura, A Ogawa · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2007 · Heft 03
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Purpose: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has been established for prevention of stroke recurrence. However, it is still unknown if CEA is associated with patient's cerebral metabolism or not. We evaluated cerebral metabolism using magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy in patients before and after CEA. Methods: Twenty patients underwent MR spectroscopy before and after CEA. Single voxel MR spectroscopy was scanned with PRESS method using GE SIGNA 3.0 T Excite HD. We calculated the area under peaks of Cholin (Cho), Creatine (Cre) and N-acetyl Aspartate (NAA) on a console. WAIS-R as higher brain function was evaluated…