Lack of linear correlation between dynamic and steady-state cerebral autoregulation

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dynamic (dCA) and steady-state cerebral autoregulation (sCA). In 28 healthy older adults, sCA was quantified by a linear regression slope of proportionate (%) changes in cerebrovascular resistance (CVR) in response to proportionate (%) changes in mean blood pressure (BP) induced by stepwise sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and phenylephrine (PhE) infusion. Cerebral blood flow (CBF) was measured at the internal carotid (ICA) and vertebral (VA) artery and cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) at the middle cerebral artery (MCA). With CVR = BP/CBF, Slope-CVR_ICA, Slope-CVR_VA and Slope-CVRi_MCA were derived. dCA was assessed in (1) supine rest, analysed with transfer function analysis (gain and phase) and autoregulatory index (ARI) fit from spontaneous oscillations (ARI_Baseline), (2) transient changes in BP using a bolus injection of SNP (ARI_SNP) and PhE (ARI_PhE). Comparison of sCA and dCA parameters (using Pearson's r for continuous and Spearman's ρ for ordinal parameters) demonstrated a lack of linear correlations between sCA and dCA measures. However, comparisons of parameters within dCA and within sCA were correlated. For sCA slope-CVR_VA with Slope-CVRi_MCA (r = 0.45, P < 0.03); for dCA ARI_SNP with ARI_PhE (ρ = 0.50, P = 0.03), ARI_Baseline (ρ = 0.57, P = 0.03), and Phase_LF (ρ = 0.48, P = 0.03); Gain_VLF with Gain_LF (r = 0.51, P = 0.01). Conclusions: In contrast to the commonly held assumption based on an earlier study, there were no linear correlations between sCA and dCA. As an additional observation, there was strong inter-individual variability, both in dCA and sCA, in this healthy group of elderly, in a range from low to high CA efficiency.

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