IMAGING SCIENCE AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY ›› 2022, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 1072-1076.DOI: 10.7517/issn.1674-0475.220319

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Effect of Tirofiban on ACI Stent Thrombectomy and CT Perfusion Imaging in Cerebral Perfusion Abnormal Area

WANG Zheng1, JIANG Hongmei2   

  1. 1. Department of Neurology, Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan 430060, Hubei, P. R. China;
    2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Wuhan Third Hospital, Wuhan 430060, Hubei, P. R. China
  • Received:2022-03-12 Published:2022-09-13

Abstract: This study observed the effect of tirofiban on the antiplatelet function and CT perfusion imaging (CTPI) results of patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI) stent thrombus removal. 100 patients with ACI were randomly divided into two groups according to the admission order. The control group was treated with stent thrombectomy, and the observation group was treated with tirofiban combined with stent thrombectomy. Compared the vascular recanalization and adverse events between the two groups. The changes of CTPI results, apoptotic molecules[Caspase-3, apoptotic protein (Bax)] and platelet function indexes (platelet adhesion rate and platelet aggregation rate) were detected. There were 40 cases in the observation group with TICI grades 2b and 3, and the vascular recanalization rate was 80.00%, while in the control group, there were 31 cases in the TICI grades 2b and 3 (the vascular recanalization rate was 62.00%). The vascular recanalization rate was higher than in the control group (P<0.05). Compared with pre-therapy the relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and relative cerebral blood volume (rCBV) in cerebral perfusion abnormal areas in the two groups were both increased (P<0.05), while the relative mean transmit time (rMTT) and relative time to peak (rTTP) were both decreased. After treatment, rCBF and rCBV in cerebral perfusion abnormal areas in the observation group were higher than those in the control group, and rMTT and rTTP were lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The Caspase-3, Bax, platelet adhesion rate and platelet aggregation rate in the two groups were decreased than those before treatment in the same group (P<0.05). After treatment, the apoptosis molecules and platelet function indexes in the observation group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The incidence of adverse events in the observation group was 4.00%, which was lower than 16.00% in the control group (P<0.05). Tirofiban can improve the cerebral hemodynamics in the cerebral perfusion abnormal area of patients with ACI stent thrombectomy with good antiplatelet function and low incidence of adverse events.

Key words: tirofiban, acute cerebral infarction, stent thrombectomy, antiplatelet function, CT perfusion imaging