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Abstract #4756

fMRI of Cerebrovascular Reserve in Patients with Severe Intracranial Arterial Stenosis

Alexandre Krainik 1,2 , Arnaud Attye 1 , Naila Boudiaf 3 , Johan Pietras 4 , Thomas Perret 2 , Irene Tropres 3 , Florence Tahon 1 , and Olivier Detante 2,5

1 Neuroradiology and MRI, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France, 2 U836 Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, INSERM, Grenoble, France, 3 IRMaGe facility, University Joseph Fourier, France, 4 IRMaGe facility, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, 5 Neurology, University Hospital of Grenoble, Grenoble, France

Management of patients with Severe Intracranial Arterial Stenosis (SIAS) at risk of stroke events recurrence remains controversial. A better characterization of these patients might be helpful to define therapeutic strategy. BOLD fMRI to hypercapnic challenge has been proposed to identify impaired cerebrovascular reserve (CVR BOLD fMRI). We conducted a prospective study in 21 patients referred for a SIAS to estimate CVR BOLD fMRI, and compared their data a 100 volunteers dataset. Nine patients out of 21 had significantly impaired CVR. Thus, CVR BOLD fMRI could be helpful to better select patients with SIAS for more invasive treatment.

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