Breath-Hold Blood Oxygen Level-Dependent MRI: A Tool for the Assessment of Cerebrovascular Reserve in Children with Moyamoya Disease.

Nomazulu Dlamini Priyanka P Shah-Basak J Leung Fenella Jane Kirkham Manohar M Shroff Andrea Kassner A Robertson Peter B Dirks Robyn Westmacott Gabrielle A deVeber W Logan

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2018)

Breath-hold hypercapnic challenge blood oxygen level-dependent MR imaging is a repeatable technique for the assessment of cerebrovascular reactivity in children with Moyamoya disease and is reliably interpretable for use in clinical practice. Standardization of such protocols will allow further research into its application for the assessment of ischemic risk in childhood cerebrovascular disease.

Keyphrases

clinical practice
young adults
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
middle cerebral artery
oxidative stress
ischemia reperfusion injury
brain injury
subarachnoid hemorrhage
acute respiratory distress syndrome
childhood cancer