Transcranial Doppler findings in middle cerebral arterial occlusive disease in relation to degree of stenosis and presence of concomitant stenoses

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 142-151

  Bang, Oh Young ^a   Cho, Jeong Hoon ^b   Han, Byung In ^a   Joo, In Soo ^a   Kim, Dong Ik ^b   Huh, Kyoon ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiography; Middle cerebral artery; Stenosis; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT CODING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0347927407     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10150     Document Type: Article

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