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Table 2 Cerebral blood flow velocity in RCVS patients with different degrees of vascular wall enhancement

From: Vascular wall imaging in reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome – a 3-T contrast-enhanced MRI study

 

Extent of vessel wall enhancement

Absent (n = 23)

Mild (n = 12)

Marked (n = 5)

p

Maximal MCA (cm/s), mean ± SD

97.2 ± 29.2

115.3 ± 69.4

112.4 ± 49.4

0.52

Mean MCA (cm/s), mean ± SD

89.1 ± 23.0

102.6 ± 58.2

103.9 ± 53.3

0.56

Maximal ACA (cm/s), mean ± SD

69.7 ± 18.7

76.0 ± 20.7

73.2 ± 27.2

0.71

Mean ACA (cm/s), mean ± SD

66.2 ± 16.4

68.8 ± 17.8

66.6 ± 21.4

0.92

  1. ACA anterior cerebral artery, MCA middle cerebral artery, SEM standard error of means