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Evaluation of Coronary Flow Reserve After Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion in Rats
Published on: June 28, 2019
Mapping Changes of Whole Brain Blood Flow in Rats with Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury Assessed by Positron
Xu-Chu Pan1, Zhi-Xiao Li2, Duo-Zhi Wu3
1Medical Association of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430071, China. panxuchu@sina.com.
Abstract:
18F-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) is the most sensitive tool for studying brain metabolism in vivo. We investigated the image patterns of 18F-FDG PET during reperfusion injury and correlated changes of whole brain blood flow utilizing a rat myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (MIRI) model. The results assessed by echocardiography indicated resultant cardiac dysfunction after ischemia-reperfusion in the rat heart. It was found that the average standardized uptake value (SUVaverage) of the whole brain was significantly decreased in model rats, and the glucose uptake of different brain regions including accumbens core/shell (Acb), left caudate putamen (LCPu), hippocampus (HIP), left hypothalamus (LHYP), olfactory (OLF), superior colliculus (SC), right midbrain (RMID), ventral tegmental area (VTA), inferior colliculus (IC) and left thalamus whole (LTHA) was significantly decreased in MIRI rats whereas no significant difference was found in the SUVaverage of amygdala (AMY), right CPu, RHYP, right HYP, left MID, right THA, pons and medulla oblongata (MO). These 18F-FDG PET data provide a reliable identification method for brain metabolic changes in rats with MIRI.
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