Air-filled ultrasound contrast agents do not damage the cerebral microvasculature or brain tissue in rats.

Abstract:

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES:Air microemboli may damage the cerebral microvasculature. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety of ultrasound contrast agents composed of air microspheres with regard to cerebral damage when administered into the arterial system (ie, when not filtered by the capillary system of the lungs). METHODS:Three experimental methods were used in 75 rats after injection of either Albunex, Echovist, or Levovist into the left heart ventricle. The alkaline phosphatase (ALP) method to demonstrate small segmental brain capillary and arteriolar dilatations (SCADs), intravenous injections of Evans blue and fluorescence microscopy to detect increased vascular permeability (blood-brain barrier damage), and histologic examination of the brain to detect microinfarction. Intracardiac injections of saline, air, and corn oil were used as controls. RESULTS:Brain microinfarcts and SCADs formation of the brain microvasculature occurred only after control injections with corn oil. None of the brains from animals that received ultrasound contrast agent showed gross discoloration, as an indication of increased vascular permeability, with the Evans blue/fluorescence microscopy method. Definite leakage of Evans blue occurred only after large doses (150 microL) of air. CONCLUSIONS:This study indicates that ultrasound contrast media composed of air microspheres do not cause lesions of the brain microvasculature or parenchyma.

journal_name

Invest Radiol

journal_title

Investigative radiology

authors

Haggag KJ,Russell D,Walday P,Skiphamn A,Torvik A

doi

10.1097/00004424-199803000-00001

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-03-01 00:00:00

pages

129-35

issue

3

eissn

0020-9996

issn

1536-0210

journal_volume

33

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