| Validation of transcranial Doppler with magnetic resonance angiography in acute cerebral ischemia. | |
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PMID: 20002971 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) is often used as a screening tool for detecting intracranial stenosis. Since TCD results may vary among laboratories and sonographers, it requires validation against an imaging modality. We evaluated diagnostic accuracy of TCD performed in our laboratory against time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in detecting intracranial stenosis in patients with acute cerebral ischemia. METHODS: Consecutive patients with acute (<24 hours) cerebral ischemia and intracranial arterial stenosis on MRA underwent both TCD and MRA within 5 hours of each other. TCD was performed by credentialed neurosonologists according to standardized protocol. An independent neuroradiologist interpreting MRA was blinded to TCD findings. We evaluated TCD peak systolic velocities (PSV) in proximal intracranial arteries as predictive of moderate (>50%) and severe (>70%) stenosis on TOF-MRA. RESULTS: One hundred and fifty patients (74% males; mean age 53 years) underwent neurovascular evaluation with TCD and MRA. Twenty-two (14.6%) patients were excluded due to absent temporal acoustic windows. Middle cerebral artery TCD PSV values of >140 cm/s and >180 cm/s were found to predict a >50% and >70% focal stenosis, respectively. Optimal cut-off PSV values for other major proximal intracranial arteries were also established. CONCLUSIONS: TCD performed in our laboratory shows satisfactory agreement with TOF-MRA in diagnosis and grading of proximal intracranial stenosis in patients with acute cerebral ischemia. |
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Demudu Babu Boddu; Vijay K Sharma; V C S S Bandaru; Y Jyotsna; D Padmaja; Alladi Suvarna; Subhash Kaul |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging Volume: 21 ISSN: 1552-6569 ISO Abbreviation: J Neuroimaging Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-03-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9102705 Medline TA: J Neuroimaging Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e34-40 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2009 by the American Society of Neuroimaging. |
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From the Department of Neurology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India (BDB, VCSSB, AS, SK); Division of Neurology, National University Hospital, Singapore (VKS); Department of Radiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India (YJ); and Department of Anesthesiology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India (DP). |
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