Regional hypoxic cerebral vasodilation facilitated by diameter changes primarily in anterior versus posterior circulation

J Mikhail Kellawan, JW Harrell… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
J Mikhail Kellawan, JW Harrell, A Roldan-Alzate, O Wieben, WG Schrage
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 2017journals.sagepub.com
The inability to quantify cerebral blood flow and changes in macrocirculation cross-sectional
area in all brain regions impedes robust insight into hypoxic cerebral blood flow control. We
applied four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging to quantify cerebral blood flow
(ml• min− 1) and cross-sectional area (mm2) simultaneously in 11 arteries. In healthy adults,
blood pressure, O2 Saturation (SpO2), and end-tidal CO2 were measured at baseline and
steady-state hypoxia (FiO2= 0.11). We investigated left and right: internal carotid, vertebral …
The inability to quantify cerebral blood flow and changes in macrocirculation cross-sectional area in all brain regions impedes robust insight into hypoxic cerebral blood flow control. We applied four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging to quantify cerebral blood flow (ml • min−1) and cross-sectional area (mm2) simultaneously in 11 arteries. In healthy adults, blood pressure, O2 Saturation (SpO2), and end-tidal CO2 were measured at baseline and steady-state hypoxia (FiO2 = 0.11). We investigated left and right: internal carotid, vertebral, middle, anterior, posterior cerebral arteries, and basilar artery. Hypoxia (SpO2 = 80±2%) increased total cerebral blood flow from 621±38 to 742±50 ml • min−1 (p < 0.05). Hypoxia increased cerebral blood flow, except in the right posterior cerebral arteries. Hypoxia increased cross-sectional area in the anterior arteries (left and right internal carotid arteries, left and right middle, p < 0.05; left and right anterior p = 0.08) but only the right vertebral artery of the posterior circulation. Nonetheless, relative cerebral blood flow distribution and vascular reactivity (Δ%cerebral blood flow • ΔSpO2−1) were not different between arteries. Collectively, moderate hypoxia: (1) increased cerebral blood flow, but relative distribution remains similar to normoxia, (2) evokes similar vascular reactivity between 11 arteries, and (3) increased cross-sectional area primarily in the anterior arteries. This study provides the first wide-ranging, quantitative, functional and structural data regarding intracranial arteries during hypoxia in humans, highlighting cerebral blood flow regulation of microcirculation and macrocirculation differs between anterior and posterior circulation.
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