The Effect of Levcromakalim Infusion on the Cranial Arteries Over Several Hours Using a High Resolution MRA Technique in a Randomized, Double-blind Placebo-controlled Design in Healthy Volunteers.

Overview

Healthy participants vill randomly be allocated in a 2:1 order to receive 1 mg levcromakalim or placebo (isotonic saline) for 20 min. The investigator here examine the effect of levcromakalim infusion on the MMA and the MCA circumference over several hours using a high resolution MRA technique in a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled design in healthy volunteers. The investigator hypothesized that levcromakalim induces dilatation of cranial arteries.

Healthy participants vill randomly be allocated in a 2:1 order to receive 1 mg levcromakalim or placebo (isotonic saline) for 20 min. The investigator here examine the effect of levcromakalim infusion on the MMA and the MCA circumference over several hours using a high resolution MRA technique in a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled design in healthy volunteers. The investigator hypothesized that levcromakalim induces dilatation of cranial arteries. MR imaging will be performed on a 3.0 Tesla Philips Achieva Scanner (Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands) using an eight-element phased-array receiver head coil. We will obtain repeated MRA measurements covering the MMA and MCA before and after levcromakalim/placebo infusion

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