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Changes in cerebral hemodynamics and metabolism following cerebral revascularization were evaluated using positron emission tomography (PET). Ten patients who had received nonsurgical treatment for 3-6 months for minor completed stroke underwent superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery (STA-MCA) bypass surgery. All patients showed no extensive infarction on MR, and responsible vascular lesions were detected in the anterior circulation. A PET study of cerebral blood flow (CBF), oxygen extraction fraction (OEF), cerebral metabolic rate for oxygen (CMRO2), and cerebral metabolic rate for glucose (CMRGlu) measurements was performed before and 1.5 months after surgery using a steady state technique. Angiographically, anastomotic sites were patent in all patients. Seven patients showed neurological improvement after surgery and the others showed no improvement. The decreases in CBF, CMRO2 and CMRGlu recovered to some extent not only on the lesion side but also on the contralateral side after surgery. The increase in OEF values on the lesion side subsequently decreased after surgery. CMRO2 and CMRGlu showed parallel changes. It is concluded that the metabolic improvement afforded by the cerebral revascularization resulted in the neurological improvement, and that PET study is a powerful method for evaluating patients with cerebral occlusive diseases.
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