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The ischemic penumbra: operationally defined by diffusion and perfusion MRI.

G Schlaug1, A Benfield, A E Baird

  • 1Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.

Neurology
|October 26, 1999
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can identify brain tissue at risk for stroke progression. This method helps quantify viable but threatened brain tissue for timely therapeutic interventions in acute stroke patients.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroimaging
  • Cerebrovascular disease research
  • Medical diagnostics

Background:

  • Identifying at-risk brain tissue is crucial for stroke patient management.
  • It guides decisions on potentially harmful therapies and evaluates new treatments.
  • Salvaging ischemic tissue is a key goal in acute stroke care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To operationally define and characterize cerebral tissue at risk of stroke progression.
  • To identify the "penumbra" – tissue potentially salvageable after a stroke.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of 25 patients with acute hemispheric stroke.
  • Utilized diffusion-weighted and perfusion-weighted MRI studies.
  • Applied logistic regression with relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and cerebral blood volume (rCBV) maps to define the penumbra.

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Main Results:

  • Relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and initial relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) maps predicted penumbral tissue.
  • The penumbra showed reduced initial rCBV (47% of control) and rCBF (37% of control), but increased total rCBV (163% of control).
  • The ischemic core had more severe reductions in rCBF (12% of control) and initial rCBV (19% of control).

Conclusions:

  • MRI-derived indexes can identify and quantify viable, ischemically threatened brain tissue.
  • This capability is vital for therapeutic interventions in hyperacute stroke care.
  • Enables better patient selection for stroke treatments.