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Much has been written about the relationship between the pulse pressure (PP) of the intracranial pressure pulse wave (ICPPW) and ventricle dilatation. Some data suggest that high PP is the cause of ventricle dilatation, and other authors have reported that high PP results from decreased intracranial compliance. In order to clarify these points, the amplitude of PP and pressure-volume response (PVR: an indicator of intracranial complicance) were measured in bilateral ventricles using Hochwald's hydrocephalic model (right-left difference in ventricle size is clear due to hemicraniectomy). Hydrocephalus was induced by means of intracisternal injection of a kaolin powder solution to dogs. The mean ICP, amplitude of the PP, PVR and ventricle size (estimated by MR imaging) were evaluated in pathologic conditions induced by the following procedures. Group A, control: kaolin-induced hydrocephalus without craniectomy; group B: kaolin-induced hydrocephalus with right-sided craniectomy; group C: kaolin-induced hydrocephalus with right-sided craniectomy and dural resection; group D: kaolin-induced hydrocephalus with right-sided craniectomy, dura resection and temporal muscle resection. Using MR imaging, the same degree of symmetrical ventricle dilatation was identified in all groups except group D. Group D alone demonstrated a difference in ventricular size (craniectomy side > non-craniectomy side). There was no appreciable difference in mean ICP between any two groups. However, the amplitude of PP and the PVR decreased stepwise from group A to group D. The difference in the amplitude of the PP and PVR between the right and left ventricles was not significant in any group. Even on the larger ventricle side (right) in group D, the amplitude of PP was the same as that of the left ventricle, and much smaller than in other groups. The results of our research suggest that: (1) There was no relation between ventricle dilatation and the amplitude of PP. This means that the increased amplitude of PP was not the cause of the ventricle dilatation in this model. (2) A high degree of correlation exists between the amplitude of PP and the PVR. This means that PP can be a good parameter of intracranial compliance in this model
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Matsumoto, T., Nagai, H., Fukushima, T. et al. Analysis of intracranial pressure pulse wave in experimental hydrocephalus. Child's Nerv Syst 10, 91–95 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00302770
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