Can MR measurement of intracranial hydrodynamics and compliance differentiate which patient with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus will improve following shunt insertion?

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-462

  Bateman, G A ^a   Loiselle, A M ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Aqueduct stroke volume; Compliance; Hydrodynamics; Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBICULUM; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247593504     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-007-1142-0     Document Type: Article

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