Frequency analysis of high-intensity transient signals of transcranial Doppler ultrasound in patients supported with a left ventricular assist device

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 201-203

  Sato, Koichi ^a   Hanzawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Okamoto, Takeshi ^a   Kyo, Shunei ^b   Hayashi, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Highintensity transient signals (HITS); Left ventricular assist device (LVAD); Middle cerebral artery (MCA); Transcranial Doppler (TCD)

Indexed keywords

AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEART DISEASE; HIGH INTENSITY TRANSIENT SIGNAL; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 59449098971     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-008-0430-7     Document Type: Article

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