CTP-derived venous outflow parameters in SCI and injurya
Striatocapsular Fate | Mean (SD) | P Value | ||
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SCI (n = 90) | ||||
ΔTTP (sec) | Thalamostriate vein | Viable | 0.786 (2.1) | .010 |
Infarcted | 1.954 (1.8) | |||
Internal cerebral vein | Viable | 0.853 (1.5) | .327 | |
Infarcted | 1.12 (1.1) | |||
Relative enhancement | Thalamostriate vein | Viable | –0.1 (0.5) | .643 |
Infarcted | –0.04 (0.5) | |||
Internal cerebral vein | Viable | 0.13 (0.3) | .634 | |
Infarcted | 0.17 (0.3) | |||
SCInj (n = 116) | ||||
ΔTTP (sec) | Thalamostriate vein | Viable | 0.786 (2.1) | .014 |
Injured | 1.953 (2.2) | |||
Internal cerebral vein | Viable | 0.853 (1.5) | .315 | |
Injured | 1.101 (1) | |||
Relative enhancement | Thalamostriate vein | Viable | –0.1 (0.5) | .479 |
Injured | –0.5 (0.13) | |||
Internal cerebral vein | Viable | 0.13 (0.3) | .620 | |
Injured | 0.17 (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.