18F-FDG brain PET: a metabolic predictive factor for gait improvement after cerebrospinal fluid shunting in normal pressure hydrocephalus?
Tatiana HorowitzStephan GrimaldiHenri DufourThomas GraillonJean-Philippe AzulayEric GuedjPublished in: The quarterly journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging : official publication of the Italian Association of Nuclear Medicine (AIMN) [and] the International Association of Radiopharmacology (IAR), [and] Section of the Society of... (2024)
F-FDG PET suggests that reduced brain metabolism in the thalamus and striatum along with cortical hypometabolism may be associated with poorer gait response to CSF shunting in normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Although these findings suggest that preoperative brain 18F-FDG PET could potentially aid in selecting appropriate candidates for shunt surgery, further research with larger sample sizes is needed to confirm these results.
Keyphrases
- pet ct
- positron emission tomography
- pet imaging
- cerebrospinal fluid
- computed tomography
- resting state
- white matter
- functional connectivity
- minimally invasive
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- patients undergoing
- pulmonary artery
- coronary artery bypass
- multiple sclerosis
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- blood brain barrier
- pulmonary arterial hypertension