Accuracy of transcranial doppler compared with CT angiography in diagnosing arterial obstructions in acute ischemic strokes

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2037-2041

  Brunser, Alejandro M ^a,b   Lavados, Pablo M ^a,b   Hoppe, Arnold ^a   Lopez, Javiera ^b   Valenzuela, Marcela ^b   Rivas, Rodrigo ^b  

^a Facultad de Medicina Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Intracranial arterial diseases; Sensitivity; Specificity; Stroke; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STANDARD; STROKE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ACUTE DISEASE; ALGORITHM; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 66849106742     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.542704     Document Type: Article

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