Accuracy of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography and single-photon emission computed tomography in the diagnosis of angiographically demonstrated cerebral vasospasm: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-72

  Kincaid, M Sean ^a,c   Souter, Michael J ^a,b   Treggiari, Miriam M ^a,b   Yanez, N David ^a   Moore, Anne ^b   Lam, Arthur M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Cerebral angiography; Cerebral vasospasm; Single photon emission computed tomography; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN VASOSPASM; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE; SCINTISCANNING; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AGED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 60749122635     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2008.4.17520     Document Type: Article

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