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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MONITORING AND COMPUTING
Volume 35, Issue 2, Pages 327-336Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s10877-020-00475-1
Keywords
Laser speckle flowgraphy; Ocular blood flow; Cerebral blood flow; Carotid endarterectomy
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [17K10904]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17K10904] Funding Source: KAKEN
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LSFG can measure ocular blood flow velocity to detect ischemic stress during CEA. The MBR reduction ratio is positively correlated with the rSO(2) index, suggesting LSFG could be used to evaluate cerebral ischemic tolerance during CEA.
Laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) is a noninvasive technique that can measure relative blood flow velocity in the optic fundus contributed by the ophthalmic artery, the main first branch originating from the internal carotid artery (ICA). The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of ocular blood flow measurement by LSFG to detect ischemic stress due to carotid clamping during carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Nineteen patients undergoing CEA with ocular blood flow measurement by LSFG and intraoperative monitoring (IOM) were prospectively enrolled between August 2016 and March 2019. The mean blur rate (MBR) of ocular blood flow by LSFG, representing relative blood flow of the branch of the retinal artery originating from the optic nerve head, was compared between before and after carotid clamping during CEA. The correlation between the reduction ratio of MBR and the regional saturation oxygen (rSO(2)) index by near infrared spectroscopy was investigated. Ocular blood flow measurement by LSFG could not be performed in one patient with a severe cataract. In the other 18 patients, LSFG could be performed in all 106 sessions during surgery. The MBR reduction ratio between before and after carotid clamping ranged from - 12 to 100%. The MBR reduction ratio was positively correlated with the rSO(2) index (r = 0.694, 95% confidence interval: 0.336-0.877, p = 0.001). The MBR reduction ratio of ocular blood flow by LSFG after carotid clamping was significantly correlated with the rSO(2) index. The ocular blood flow by LSFG could be considered an adjunct modality for evaluating cerebral ischemic tolerance during CEA.
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