Metabolic Alterations of Acute Cerebral Infarction Evaluated by Localized, Water-Suppressed In Vivo'H MRS.
- Author:
Bo Young CHOE
1
;
Si Ryung HAHN
;
Kwang Soo LEE
;
Kyu Ho CHOI
;
Beum Saeng KIM
;
Kyung Sub SHINN
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Catholic University Medical College, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
MRS;
acute cerebral infarction;
metabolism
- MeSH:
Aspartic Acid;
Brain Infarction;
Cerebral Infarction*;
Female;
Humans;
Infarction;
Lactic Acid;
Male;
Metabolism;
Protons;
Steam
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1995;13(3):417-424
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Localized, water-suppressed in vivo 'H MRS was performed to evaluated the proton metabolic alterations in patients with acute cerebral infarction.Ten brain infarction patients(six males and four females; age range 53-77) participated in this study. GE Signa 1.5-T whole-body NMI/MRS system using STEAM pulse sequence was used. Voxels were selected from the cerebral infarcted region and contralateral normal region as control in the same patient. Proton metaboliteratiosrelativetocreatine (Cr) wereobtainedusingaMa-rquartalgorithm. The specific features in the cerebral infarcted regions demonstrated a significant decrease of N-acetyl aspartate (NAA)/creatine (Cr) ratio, compared with control regions. Markedly increased lactate (Lac) level was observed in areas of cerebral infarctioln in all patients. Our preliminary study showed that NAA/Cr ratio in the infarcted regions was substanially different from that in control regions.The signal intensity of Lac may be served as a metabolic criterion that can specify acuteness of infarction, and also evaluate the therapeutic effect. It is necessary to investigate the spectral alterations in various stages of cerebral infarction for further detail analysis.
