Relationship between transcranial Doppler-determined pulsatility index and cerebrovascular resistance: An experimental study

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-84

  Czosnyka, Marek ^a   Richards, Hugh K ^a   Whitehouse, Helen E ^a   Pickard, John D ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebral blood flow; cerebrovascular resistance; laser Doppler flowmetry; pulsatility index; resistance index; transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIMETAPHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOCAPNIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0030049274     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.1.0079     Document Type: Article

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