Background: Spreading depolarization describes a near-complete electrical discharge with altered local cerebral blood flow. It is described in association with acute and chronic diseases like hemorrhagic stroke or migraine. Moyamoya vasculopathy is a chronic, progressive cerebrovascular disorder leading to cerebral hypoperfusion, hemodynamically insufficient basal collateralization, and increased cortical microvascularization.
Methods: In a prospective case series, we monitored for spontaneous spreading depolarization activity by using intraoperative laser speckle imaging for real-time visualization and measurement of cortical perfusion and cerebrovascular reserve capacity during cerebral revascularization in 4 consecutive patients with moyamoya.
Results: Spontaneous spreading depolarization occurrence was documented in a patient with moyamoya before bypass grafting. Interestingly, this patient also exhibited a marked preoperative increase in angiographic collateral vessel formation.
Conclusions: The spontaneous occurrence of SDs in moyamoya vasculopathy could potentially provide an explanation for localized cortical infarction and increased cortical microvascular density in these patients.
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