TY - JOUR
T1 - Alterations in Local Peri-Infarct Blood Gases in Stroke Patients Undergoing Thrombectomy
AU - Spears, Robert Christopher
AU - McLouth, Christopher J.
AU - Pennypacker, Keith R.
AU - Frank, Jacqueline A.
AU - Maglinger, Benton
AU - Martha, Sarah
AU - Trout, Amanda L.
AU - Roberts, Jill
AU - Stowe, Ann M.
AU - Sheikhi, Lila
AU - Pahwa, Shivani
AU - Fraser, Justin F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Background: Ischemic stroke is a prevalent, devastating disease with high morbidity and mortality. Despite extensive research using animal models, significant gaps remain in understanding the pathological processes in human stroke. We previously developed a tissue bank to analyze the blood immediately proximal and distal to an intracranial thrombus in patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT03153683). Our goal for the present project was to evaluate the blood gas changes and acid/base balance during stroke and determine how vascular collateralization affects these changes. Methods: We analyzed the blood samples and computed tomography angiography collateral scores from the first 62 patients in the BACTRAC (Blood and Clot Thrombectomy Registry and Collaboration) registry. The bicarbonate, partial pressure of oxygen, and partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) values of the intracranial (distal) and systemic (proximal) arterial blood relative to the occlusive thrombus were analyzed. Analysis of the group differences in systemic and intracranial blood gas values was also performed. Results: The partial pressure of oxygen, pCO2, and bicarbonate levels were all significantly higher in the systemic blood than in the intracranial blood (P < 0.001 for all) at thrombectomy. Collateralization did not significantly affect the distal blood gas values. Compared with the female patients, the male patients had had higher systemic pCO2 values (39.8 vs. 36.6 mm Hg; P = 0.0065) and lower systemic and intracranial pH values (7.351 vs. 7.392; P = 0.0047). Conclusions: The arterial blood gases differed immediately proximal and distal to thrombi in large vessel occlusive stroke. Although vascular collateralization did not appear to affect the blood gas changes, some blood gas values differed between men and women. The changes in bicarbonate and pCO2 suggested a compensatory acid-base process occurring at the time of infarction.
AB - Background: Ischemic stroke is a prevalent, devastating disease with high morbidity and mortality. Despite extensive research using animal models, significant gaps remain in understanding the pathological processes in human stroke. We previously developed a tissue bank to analyze the blood immediately proximal and distal to an intracranial thrombus in patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT03153683). Our goal for the present project was to evaluate the blood gas changes and acid/base balance during stroke and determine how vascular collateralization affects these changes. Methods: We analyzed the blood samples and computed tomography angiography collateral scores from the first 62 patients in the BACTRAC (Blood and Clot Thrombectomy Registry and Collaboration) registry. The bicarbonate, partial pressure of oxygen, and partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) values of the intracranial (distal) and systemic (proximal) arterial blood relative to the occlusive thrombus were analyzed. Analysis of the group differences in systemic and intracranial blood gas values was also performed. Results: The partial pressure of oxygen, pCO2, and bicarbonate levels were all significantly higher in the systemic blood than in the intracranial blood (P < 0.001 for all) at thrombectomy. Collateralization did not significantly affect the distal blood gas values. Compared with the female patients, the male patients had had higher systemic pCO2 values (39.8 vs. 36.6 mm Hg; P = 0.0065) and lower systemic and intracranial pH values (7.351 vs. 7.392; P = 0.0047). Conclusions: The arterial blood gases differed immediately proximal and distal to thrombi in large vessel occlusive stroke. Although vascular collateralization did not appear to affect the blood gas changes, some blood gas values differed between men and women. The changes in bicarbonate and pCO2 suggested a compensatory acid-base process occurring at the time of infarction.
KW - Arterial blood gas
KW - Endovascular
KW - Ischemic stroke
KW - Thrombectomy
KW - Vascular
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.10.171
DO - 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.10.171
M3 - Article
C2 - 34728392
AN - SCOPUS:85120181846
SN - 1878-8750
VL - 158
SP - e317-e322
JO - World Neurosurgery
JF - World Neurosurgery
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