Nucl Med Mol Imaging.  2007 Apr;41(2):85-90.

Diamox-enhanced Brain SPECT in Cerebrovascular Diseases

• Choi YY

Abstract

Acute event in cerebrovascular disease is the second most common cause of death in Korea following cancer, and it can also cause serious neurologic deficits. Understanding of perfusion status is important for clinical applications in management of patients with cerebrovascular diseases, and then the attacks of ischemic neurologic symptoms and the risk of acute events can be reduced. Therefore, the normal vascular anatomy of brain, various clinical applications of acetazolamide-enhanced brain perfusion SPECT, including meaning and role of assessment of vascular reserve in carotid stenosis before procedure, in pediatric Moyamoya disease before and after operation, in prediction of development of hyperperfusion syndrome before procedure, and in prediction of vasospasm and of prognosis in subarachnoid hemorrahge were reviewed in this paper.

Keyword

brain; perfusion SPECT; acetazolamide

MeSH Terms

Acetazolamide
Brain*
Carotid Stenosis
Cause of Death
Humans
Korea
Moyamoya Disease
Neurologic Manifestations
Perfusion
Prognosis
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
Acetazolamide