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Cerebrovascular disease in symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with sickle cell anemia: screening with duplex transcranial Doppler US--correlation with MR imaging and MR angiography.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8105505     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: The authors evaluated the role of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (US) in patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and cerebrovascular disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-one patients with SCD and stroke (aged 3-22 years; mean age at stroke, 9 years) were evaluated with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and duplex transcranial Doppler US with a 2-MHz transducer. Nineteen patients also underwent MR angiography. Forty-six asymptomatic patients with SCD were also evaluated with Doppler US, MR imaging, and MR angiography. RESULTS: The following transcranial Doppler US findings were correlated with cerebrovascular disease in patients with SCD: (a) maximum velocity in the ophthalmic artery (OA) of more than 35 cm/sec; (b) mean velocity in the middle cerebral artery (MCA) of more than 170 cm/sec; (c) resistive index in the OA of less than 50; (d) velocity in the OA greater than that of the ipsilateral MCA; and (e) maximum velocity in the posterior cerebral, vertebral, or basilar arteries greater than the maximum velocity in the MCA. CONCLUSION: Transcranial Doppler US scanning has great potential as an inexpensive, easily performed screening procedure for cerebrovascular disease in patients with SCD.
Authors:
J J Seibert; S F Miller; R S Kirby; D L Becton; C A James; C M Glasier; A R Wilson; D L Kinder; D H Berry
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiology     Volume:  189     ISSN:  0033-8419     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiology     Publication Date:  1993 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1993-11-18     Completed Date:  1993-11-18     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401260     Medline TA:  Radiology     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  457-66     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock 72202-3591.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
Angiography
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnosis,  radiography,  ultrasonography
Basilar Artery / pathology,  ultrasonography
Cerebral Angiography
Cerebral Arteries / pathology,  ultrasonography
Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis,  radiography,  ultrasonography
Cerebrovascular Disorders / complications,  diagnosis*,  radiography,  ultrasonography*
Child
Child, Preschool
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Prospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial*
Vertebral Artery / pathology,  ultrasonography

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