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Trial reportJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism2014

Spectroscopy of reperfused tissue after stroke reveals heightened metabolism in patients with good clinical outcomes.

Andrew Bivard, Venkatesh Krishnamurthy, Peter Stanwell, Nawaf Yassi, Neil J Spratt, Michael Nilsson, Christopher R Levi, Stephen Davis, Mark W Parsons

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Trial report in Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Added Value of Sodium MR Imaging and Proton MR Spectroscopy to Conventional MR Imaging for a Better Characterization of the Ischemic Stroke: A Narrative Review.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2025
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  7. Subacute Changes inDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  8. HyperpolarizedJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2020
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  13. Clinical outcome prediction after thrombectomy of proximal middle cerebral artery occlusions by the appearance of lenticulostriate arteries on magnetic resonance angiography: A retrospective analysis.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2018
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  15. Baseline collateral status and infarct topography in post-ischaemic perilesional hyperperfusion: An arterial spin labelling study.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Andrew BivardDepartment of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Venkatesh KrishnamurthyDepartment of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Peter StanwellDepartment of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Nawaf YassiThe Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Neil J SprattDepartment of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Michael NilssonDepartment of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Christopher R LeviDepartment of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Stephen DavisThe Department of Medicine, Melbourne Brain Centre, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Mark W ParsonsDepartment of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital, Hunter Medical Research Institute, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
John Hunter Hospital · AUHunter Medical Research Institute · AUThe Royal Melbourne Hospital · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of acute stroke treatment is to reperfuse the penumbra. However, not all posttreatment reperfusion is associated with a good outcome. Recent arterial spin labeling (ASL) studies suggest that patients with hyperperfusion after treatment have a better clinical recovery. This study aimed to determine whether there was a distinctive magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) metabolite profile in hyperperfused tissue after stroke reperfusion therapy. We studied 77 ischemic stroke patients 24 hours after treatment using MRS (single voxel spectroscopy, point resolved spectroscopy, echo time 30 ms), ASL, and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). Magnetic resonance spectroscopy voxels were placed in cortical tissue that was penumbral on baseline perfusion imaging but had reperfused at 24 hours (and did not progress to infarction). Additionally, 20 healthy age matched controls underwent MRS. In all, 24 patients had hyperperfusion; 36 had reperfused penumbra without hyperperfusion, and 17 were excluded due to no reperfusion. Hyperperfusion was significantly related to better 3-month clinical outcome compared with patients without hyperperfusion (P=0.007). Patients with hyperperfusion showed increased glutamate (P<0.001), increased N-Acetylaspartate (NAA) (P=0.038), and increased lactate (P<0.002) in reperfused tissue compared with contralateral tissue and healthy controls. Hyperperfused tissue has a characteristic metabolite signature, suggesting that it is more metabolically active and perhaps more capable of later neuroplasticity.

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MetabolomeAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBrainCerebral RevascularizationCerebrovascular CirculationDiffusion Magnetic Resonance ImagingFemaleGlutamic AcidHumansLactic AcidMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMaleMiddle AgedNeuronal PlasticityGlutamic AcidLactic Acid

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PMID25269516
PMCPMC4269749
OpenAlexW2160618548

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