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Symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis and occlusion. Comparison of three-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography with conventional angiography

Abstract

The usefulness of magnetic resonance (MR) angiography using the three-dimensional time-of-flight method for the characterization of symptomatic middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusive lesions was evaluated in 10 patients with MCA occlusion and 10 with MCA stenosis. All lesions were symptomatic and documented by conventional angiography. There was no false-negative MR angiogram that failed to demonstrate the MCA occlusive lesion. MR angiography correctly evaluated the location of lesions and the difference between stenosis and occlusion. Stenosis appeared as a focal signal loss (<1.0cm) of the MCA at the site of stenosis, and occlusion as a complete signal loss of the MCA distal to the site of occlusion. However, MR angiography could not distinguish diffuse stenosis and one point stenosis demonstrated by conventional angiography. MR angiography is a useful noninvasive diagnostic method for evaluating occlusive lesions of the MCA in symptomatic patients. (author).
Authors:
Sawada, Motoshi; Yano, Hirohito; Shinoda, Jun; Funakoshi, Takashi; [1]  Kumagai, Morio
  1. Daiyukai General Hospital, Ichinomiya, Aichi (Japan)
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 1994
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
JPN-94-012230; EDB-95-025243
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica; (Japan); Journal Volume: 34:10
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ARTERIES; NMR IMAGING; CEREBRUM; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASOCONSTRICTION; ANEMIAS; BLOOD VESSELS; BODY; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DISEASES; HEMIC DISEASES; MEDICINE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; RADIOLOGY; SYMPTOMS; 550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)
OSTI ID:
6647932
Research Organizations:
No corporate text available
Country of Origin:
Japan
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: ISSN 0387-2572; CODEN: NMCHBN
Submitting Site:
JPN
Size:
Pages: 682-685
Announcement Date:
Feb 15, 1995

Citation Formats

Sawada, Motoshi, Yano, Hirohito, Shinoda, Jun, Funakoshi, Takashi, and Kumagai, Morio. Symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis and occlusion. Comparison of three-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography with conventional angiography. Japan: N. p., 1994. Web.
Sawada, Motoshi, Yano, Hirohito, Shinoda, Jun, Funakoshi, Takashi, &amp; Kumagai, Morio. Symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis and occlusion. Comparison of three-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography with conventional angiography. Japan.
Sawada, Motoshi, Yano, Hirohito, Shinoda, Jun, Funakoshi, Takashi, and Kumagai, Morio. 1994. "Symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis and occlusion. Comparison of three-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography with conventional angiography." Japan.
@misc{etde_6647932,
title = {Symptomatic middle cerebral artery stenosis and occlusion. Comparison of three-dimensional time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography with conventional angiography}
author = {Sawada, Motoshi, Yano, Hirohito, Shinoda, Jun, Funakoshi, Takashi, and Kumagai, Morio}
abstractNote = {The usefulness of magnetic resonance (MR) angiography using the three-dimensional time-of-flight method for the characterization of symptomatic middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusive lesions was evaluated in 10 patients with MCA occlusion and 10 with MCA stenosis. All lesions were symptomatic and documented by conventional angiography. There was no false-negative MR angiogram that failed to demonstrate the MCA occlusive lesion. MR angiography correctly evaluated the location of lesions and the difference between stenosis and occlusion. Stenosis appeared as a focal signal loss (<1.0cm) of the MCA at the site of stenosis, and occlusion as a complete signal loss of the MCA distal to the site of occlusion. However, MR angiography could not distinguish diffuse stenosis and one point stenosis demonstrated by conventional angiography. MR angiography is a useful noninvasive diagnostic method for evaluating occlusive lesions of the MCA in symptomatic patients. (author).}
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