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ArticleScientific reports2020

Computational methods for visualizing and measuring verapamil efficacy for cerebral vasospasm.

Andrew Abumoussa, Alex Flores, James Ho, Marc Niethammer, Deanna Sasaki-Adams, Yueh Z Lee

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew AbumoussaDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina, Physicians Office Building, 170 Manning Drive, Campus Box 7060, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA. andrew@med.unc.edu.
Alex FloresSchool of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
James HoDepartment of Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
Marc NiethammerDepartment of Computer Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
Deanna Sasaki-AdamsDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of North Carolina, Physicians Office Building, 170 Manning Drive, Campus Box 7060, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Yueh Z LeeSchool of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebral vasospasm is a dreaded sequelae of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), requiring timely intervention with therapeutic goals of improving brain perfusion. There are currently no standardized real-time, objective assessments of the interventional procedures performed to treat vasospasm. Here we describe real-time techniques to quantify cerebral perfusion during interventional cerebral angiography. We retrospectively analyzed 39 consecutive cases performed to treat clinical vasospasm and quantified the changes in perfusion metrics between pre- and post- verapamil administrations. With Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA) perfusion analysis, we are able to identify hypoperfused territories and quantify the exact changes in cerebral perfusion for each individual case and vascular territory. We demonstrate that perfusion analysis for DSA can be performed in real time. This provides clinicians with a colorized map which directly visualizes hypoperfused tissue, combined with associated perfusion statistics. Quantitative thresholds and analysis based on DSA perfusion may assist with real-time dosage estimation and help predict response to treatment, however future prospective analysis is required for validation.

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AdolescentAdultAngiography, Digital SubtractionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPerfusion ImagingRetrospective StudiesSubarachnoid HemorrhageTreatment OutcomeVasospasm, IntracranialVerapamilYoung AdultVerapamil

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PMID33139791
PMCPMC7606481
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