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Parenchymal and Vascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain After Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Max Wiznitzer, MD;
Thomas J. Masaryk, MD;
Jonathan Lewin, MD;
Michele Walsh, MD;
Eileen K. Stork, MD
Am J Dis Child. 1990;144(12):1323-1326.
Abstract
• Three-dimensional (volume) magnetic resonance angiography is a new and noninvasive method for imaging the intracranial vasculature. The combination of magnetic resonance angiography and conventional magnetic resonance imaging was used to evaluate brain parenchyma and vessels in 30 survivors of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Magnetic resonance imaging findings were abnormal in 33% of the patients, with no increased frequency of right hemispheric lesions. Magnetic resonance angiography demonstrated good intracranial flow in all infants and demonstrable right internal carotid arterial flow in 35% of those patients with permanent carotid ligation. An abnormal magnetic resonance imaging study was found more often in infants with abnormal predischarge neurologic examination results. These techniques have several advantages over other neuroimaging modalities, including better definition of deep structures, myelin formation, and intracranial vasculature, the absence of bone artifact, and the elimination of catheter or contrast use.
(AJDC. 1990;144:1323-1326)
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Pediatrics (Drs Wiznitzer, Walsh, and Stork) and Radiology (Dr Masaryk), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; the Divisions of Pediatric Neurology (Dr Wiznitzer) and Neonatology (Drs Walsh and Stork), Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Cleveland; and the Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland (Drs Masaryk and Lewin).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication November 20, 1989.
Reprint requests to Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, 2101 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland, OH 44106 (Dr Wiznitzer).
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