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Responses in Normal Aging and in Persons With Risk Factors for Stroke

Masahiro Yamamoto, MD; John S. Meyer, MD; Fumihiko Sakai, MD; Fumie Yamaguchi, MD

Arch Neurol. 1980;37(8):489-496.

Abstract
• Cerebral vasodilator responses to hypercarbia were tested during inhalation of 5% CO₂ in air by normal volunteers with and without risk factors for cerebral atherosclerosis. The results were compared with those of patients with hemispheric infarction or ischemia or vertebrobasilar arterial insufficiency (VBI). Regional cerebral blood flow was measured by the¹³³Xe inhalation method before and during hypercarbia. Responsiveness to CO₂as expressed as the percentage increase of gray matter flow per mm Hg of end-tidal CO₂ tension. Cerebral vasodilator responsiveness is mildly impaired by the atherosclerosis of normal aging, is moderately impaired in normal subjects with risk factors for cerebral atherosclerosis, and is greatly impaired in patients with symptomatic hemispheric ischemia and VBI. Testing regional cerebral blood flow with CO₂ appears to be a useful, harmless screening test for cerebral atherosclerosis.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, the Houston Veterans Administration Medical Center, and the Baylor Center for Cerebrovascular Research, Houston.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 16, 1979.

Reprint requests to Veterans Administration Hospital, 202 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77211 (Dr Meyer).

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