/sup 111/In platelet scintigraphy in cerebrovascular disease

Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Neurology; (United States)

OSTI ID:6711174

Powers, W J; Siegel, B A; Davis, H H; Mathias, C J; Clark, H B; Welch, M J

We obtained scintigraphic images of the neck from 100 patients with suspected cerebrovascular disease after injecting /sup 111/In-labeled autologous platelets. One or more focuses of increased activity, implying local platelet accumulation, were seen along the course of the cervical carotid arteries in 52 patients. In 64 patients, there was a highly significant correlation between the results of scintigraphy and carotid arteriography (p . 10(6)). There was no significant correlation between the scintigraphic findings and the previous or subsequent occurrence of transient ischemic attack or cerebral infarction in the carotid circulation. These data suggest that factors other than the simple formation of platlet thrombi in the cervical carotid arteries are of primary importance in the pathogenesis of stroke.

• Research Organization: Edward Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
• OSTI ID: 6711174
• Journal Information: Neurology; (United States), Journal Name: Neurology; (United States) Vol. 32:9; ISSN NEURA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ARTERIES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BLOOD PLATELETS
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
BRAIN
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
CAROTID ARTERIES
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
CEREBRUM
COUNTING TECHNIQUES
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DIAGNOSTIC USES
DISEASES
ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES
INDIUM 111
INDIUM ISOTOPES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATHOLOGY
PATIENTS
RADIOISOTOPE SCANNING
RADIOISOTOPES
SCINTISCANNING
USES
VASCULAR DISEASES