Multiple blood flow measurements before and after carotid artery stenting via phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging: An observational study.

ABSTRACT: After carotid artery stenting, the procurement of information about blood flow redistribution among brain-feeding arteries and its time trend is essential to understanding a patient's physiological background and to determine their care regimen. Cerebral blood flow has been measured twice following carotid artery stenting in few previous studies, with some discrepancies in the results. The purpose of this study was to measure cerebral blood flow at multiple time points after carotid artery stenting, and to elucidate the time trend of cerebral blood flow and redistribution among arteries. Blood flow rates in 11 subjects were measured preoperatively, at one day, one week, and about three months, respectively after carotid artery stenting by using phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging. Th

SUBMITTER: Tanaka H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5895018 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature