TY - JOUR T1 - Hypoperfusion and Ischemia in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Documented by <sup>99m</sup>Tc-ECD Brain Perfusion SPECT JF - Journal of Nuclear Medicine JO - J Nucl Med SP - 1969 LP - 1974 DO - 10.2967/jnumed.109.062315 VL - 50 IS - 12 AU - Yong-An Chung AU - Joo Hyun O AU - Jee-Young Kim AU - Ki-Jun Kim AU - Kook-Jin Ahn Y1 - 2009/12/01 UR - http://jnm.snmjournals.org/content/50/12/1969.abstract N2 - Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) is known to be an important cause of spontaneous cortical–subcortical intracranial hemorrhage in normotensive older persons. CAA can also manifest as leukoencephalopathy, brain atrophy, and ischemia secondary to hypoperfusion. Our goal was to verify cerebral hypoperfusion in patients with CAA using 99mTc-ethylcysteinate dimer (99mTc-ECD) brain perfusion SPECT. Methods: A total of 11 patients (5 men and 6 women; age range, 58–78 y; mean age ± SD, 70.0 ± 7.0 y) with clinically and radiologically established probable CAA who underwent 99mTc-ECD SPECT were included. 99mTc-ECD SPECT scans were also obtained from 13 age-matched healthy control subjects (7 men and 6 women; age range, 60–79 y; mean age ± SD, 66.7 ± 6.4 y) for comparison. The relative regional cerebral blood flow values obtained for patients and controls were compared using software. Results: Compared with controls, patients with probable CAA showed hypoperfusion in the inferior parietal lobule of both parietal lobes (Brodmann area [BA] 40), middle temporal gyrus of the left temporal lobe (BA 39), postcentral gyrus of the right parietal lobe, superior temporal gyrus of the right temporal lobe (BA 22), superior temporal gyrus of the right frontal lobe (BA 10), inferior temporal gyrus of the left temporal lobe (BA 20), and both caudate bodies (P &lt; 0.0001, t = 4.65). Conclusion: Patients with probable CAA had significantly decreased cerebral perfusion and may be at risk for leukoencephalopathy, atrophy, and ischemia. ER -