Transcranial color-coded duplex sonography in the evaluation of collateral flow through the circle of Willis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-133

  Baumgartner, Ralf W ^a   Baumgartner, Iris ^a   Mattle, Heinrich P ^a   Schroth, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arteries, collateral; Arteries, ultrasound; Cerebral blood flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031015618     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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