Table 1:

CTP-derived venous outflow parameters in SCI and injurya

Striatocapsular FateMean (SD)P Value
SCI (n = 90)
 ΔTTP (sec)Thalamostriate veinViable0.786 (2.1).010
Infarcted1.954 (1.8) 
Internal cerebral veinViable0.853 (1.5).327
Infarcted1.12 (1.1) 
 Relative enhancementThalamostriate veinViable–0.1 (0.5).643
Infarcted–0.04 (0.5) 
Internal cerebral veinViable0.13 (0.3).634
Infarcted0.17 (0.3) 
SCInj (n = 116)
 ΔTTP (sec)Thalamostriate veinViable0.786 (2.1).014
Injured1.953 (2.2) 
Internal cerebral veinViable0.853 (1.5).315
Injured1.101 (1) 
 Relative enhancementThalamostriate veinViable–0.1 (0.5).479
Injured–0.5 (0.13) 
Internal cerebral veinViable0.13 (0.3).620
Injured0.17 (0.3) 
  • a SCI indicates infarction in either the caudate head, caudate body, lentiform nucleus, or internal capsule. All CTP-derived venous outflow parameters were normally distributed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, with the exception of thalamostriate vein relative enhancement.