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Evaluation of the ventricular system in adults by transcranial duplex sonography.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7718936     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Transcranial duplex color-flow sonography provides visualization of intracranial structures, and measures angle-corrected blood flow velocity in the basal cerebral arteries of adults. In 44 patients with central nervous system disease, the oblique diameters of the third and the middle part of the lateral ventricle were measured by transcranial duplex color-flow sonography using a system with a 2.5-MHz transducer, and compared to computed tomography measurements. The correlation coefficients for the third and lateral ventricle measurements were r = 0.83 (p < 0.0001, N = 38) and 0.73 (p < 0.0001, N = 78), respectively. A second investigation was performed by transcranial duplex to evaluate intraobserver and interobserver reproducibility. The correlation coefficient representing interobserver reproducibility in 27 patients was r = 0.87 (p < 0.0001, N = 47) for the lateral ventricle and r = 0.9 (p < 0.0001, N = 49) for the third ventricle. The intraobserver reproducibility correlation coefficient was r = 0.93 (p < 0.0001, N = 22) for the lateral ventricle in 12 patients. In 49 healthy volunteers the oblique diameters of the lateral and third ventricles were age dependent, measuring 16.7 +/- 2.3 mm and 4.8 +/- 1.9 mm, respectively, in those younger than 59 years, compared to 19.0 +/- 2.9 mm and 7.6 +/- 2.1 mm in those 60 years or older. Therefore, transcranial duplex color-flow sonography measures noninvasively the third and the lateral ventricle in adults.
Authors:
G Seidel; M Kaps; T Gerriets; A Hutzelmann
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging     Volume:  5     ISSN:  1051-2284     ISO Abbreviation:  J Neuroimaging     Publication Date:  1995 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-05-25     Completed Date:  1995-05-25     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9102705     Medline TA:  J Neuroimaging     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  105-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Case-Control Studies
Central Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology,  ultrasonography
Cerebral Ventricles / ultrasonography*
Cerebral Ventriculography
Cohort Studies
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Observer Variation
Reproducibility of Results
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial*

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