Abstract
Background: Atherosclerotic carotid stenosis with impaired cerebral perfusion is a risk factor for cerebral ischemia. In major carotid stenoocclusive diseases, increased oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) is associated with ischemic stroke. Balloon-protected carotid artery stenting (CAS) is valuable for high-grade carotid stenosis. However, while balloon-protected CAS can effectively reduce the occurrence of ischemic complications by blocking carotid flow, cerebral hypoperfusion may result in simultaneous cerebral ischemia. We sought to evaluate whether increased OEF during balloon-protected CAS can predict postprocedural microembolic infarction (MI).Methods: Eighty-four patients who underwent balloon-protected CAS were enrolled. Initial, intraprocedural, and postprocedural OEFs were calculated from the cerebral arteriovenous oxygen differences obtained from blood sampled just before the temporary occlusion and reperfusion of the internal carotid artery during and after the procedure. MIs were evaluated by diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). Patients were classified into two groups based on the presence or absence of new MIs, and the relationship between the OEF and postprocedural MIs was analyzed.Results: New DWI-positive lesions were found in 37 cases (44.0%). Age, signal intensity ratio (SIR) of carotid plaque on T1-weighted black blood magnetic resonance imaging, and intraprocedural OEF were significantly higher in the DWI-positive group. The high SIR and intraprocedural OEF were significantly associated with the development of postprocedural MIs in multivariate analysis. MIs were correlated with the increase in OEF.Conclusion: Increased intraprocedural OEF, obtained by blood sampling during balloon-protected CAS, could predict the incidence of postprocedural MIs. Patients with carotid stenosis could be hemodynamically compromised by carotid flow blockage during balloon-protected CAS.
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