The Accuracy of Transcranial Doppler in the Diagnosis of Middle Cerebral Artery Stenosis
Author(s) -
Jose C. Navarro,
Annabelle Y. Lao,
Vijay K. Sharma,
Georgios Tsivgoulis,
Andrei V. Alexandrov
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
cerebrovascular diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1421-9786
pISSN - 1015-9770
DOI - 10.1159/000099130
Subject(s) - medicine , cutoff , transcranial doppler , middle cerebral artery , stenosis , stroke (engine) , predictive value , angiography , gold standard (test) , radiology , cardiology , nuclear medicine , ischemia , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
It was the aim of this study to systematically review available literature on the accuracy of transcranial Doppler (TCD) compared with angiography for the diagnosis of > or =50% middle cerebral artery stenosis in patients with transient ischemic attack or ischemic stroke.
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