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Short-term discontinuation of vagal nerve stimulation alters 18F-FDG blood pool activity: an exploratory interventional study in epilepsy patients.

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BACKGROUND:Vagus nerve activation impacts inflammation. Therefore, we hypothesized that vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) influenced arterial wall inflammation as measured by 18F-FDG uptake. RESULTS:Ten patients with left-sided VNS for refractory epilepsy were studied during stimulation (VNS-on) and in the hours after stimulation was switched off (VNS-off). In nine patients, 18F-FDG uptake was measured in the right carotid artery, aorta, bone marrow, spleen, and adipose tissue. Target-to-background ratios (TBRs) were calculated to normalize the respective standardized uptake values (SUVs) for venous blood pool activity. Median values are shown with interquartile range and compared using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Arterial SUVs tended to be higher during VNS-off than VNS-on [SUVmax all vessels 1.8 (1.5-2.2) vs. 1.7 (1.2-2.0), p = 0.051]. However, a larger difference was found for the venous blood pool at this time point, reaching statistical significance in the vena cava superior [meanSUVmean 1.3 (1.1-1.4) vs. 1.0 (0.8-1.1); p = 0.011], resulting in non-significant lower arterial TBRs during VNS-off than VNS-on. Differences in the remaining tissues were not significant. Insulin levels increased after VNS was switched off [55.0 pmol/L (45.9-96.8) vs. 48.1 pmol/L (36.9-61.8); p = 0.047]. The concurrent increase in glucose levels was not statistically significant [4.8 mmol/L (4.7-5.3) vs. 4.6 mmol/L (4.5-5.2); p = 0.075]. CONCLUSIONS:Short-term discontinuation of VNS did not show a consistent change in arterial wall 18F-FDG-uptake. However, VNS did alter insulin and 18F-FDG blood levels, possibly as a result of sympathetic activation.

journal_name

EJNMMI Res

journal_title

EJNMMI research

authors

Boswijk E,Franssen R,Vijgen GHEJ,Wierts R,van der Pol JAJ,Mingels AMA,Cornips EMJ,Majoie MHJM,van Marken Lichtenbelt WD,Mottaghy FM,Wildberger JE,Bucerius J

doi

10.1186/s13550-019-0567-9

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-11-27 00:00:00

pages

101

issue

issn

2191-219X

pii

10.1186/s13550-019-0567-9

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Short-term discontinuation of vagal nerve stimulation alters 18F-FDG blood pool activity: an exploratory interventional study in epilepsy patients.