The reproducibility of transcranial Doppler middle cerebral artery velocity measurements: Implications for clinical practice

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-27

  McMahon, C J ^a,b   McDermott, P ^a   Horsfall, D ^a,b   Selvarajah, J R ^a,b   King, A T ^b   Vail, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral vasospasm; Middle cerebral artery velocity; Reproducibility; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 34047151344     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690701210539     Document Type: Article

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