Metabolic and clinical correlates of acute ischemic infarction.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-1-1987
Abstract
We studied cerebral metabolism, anatomy, and clinical status in 36 patients with acute cerebral ischemia. Results from FDG-PET were compared with CT to find the relationships between the metabolic, anatomic, and clinical findings. Metabolic abnormalities seen on PET frequently were more extensive than the corresponding CT findings. The pattern of metabolic abnormality was significantly related to both the type of clinical syndrome and the degree of eventual recovery. No such relationships were found for the CT results. We conclude that studies of cerebral metabolism are of value in establishing prognosis after acute cerebral ischemia. Also, knowledge of the patterns of cerebral dysmetabolism provides a powerful means for the localization of clinical function.
Volume
37
Issue
7
First Page
1103
Last Page
1110
ISSN
0028-3878
Published In/Presented At
Kushner, M., Reivich, M., Fieschi, C., Silver, F., Chawluk, J., Rosen, M., Greenberg, J., Burke, A., & Alavi, A. (1987). Metabolic and clinical correlates of acute ischemic infarction. Neurology, 37(7), 1103–1110. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.37.7.1103
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
3496555
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article