Role of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in acute stroke

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages

  Sharma, Vijay ^a   Venketasubramanian, N ^b   Khurana, Dheeraj ^c   Tsivgoulis, Georgios ^d   Alexandrov, Andrei ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Ischemic stroke; Thrombolysis; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MRX 815; PERFLUTREN; PLACEBO; SHU 508; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 46949109684     PISSN: 09722327     EISSN: 19983549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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