Open AccessTranscranial Doppler correlation with cerebral angiography in sickle cell disease.
Author(s) -
Robert Adams,
Fenwick T. Nichols,
Ramón Figueroa,
Virgil McKie,
Thomas Lott
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.23.8.1073
Subject(s) - medicine , transcranial doppler , radiology , stroke (engine) , cerebral arteries , angiography , cerebral infarction , cerebral angiography , middle cerebral artery , cardiology , ischemia , mechanical engineering , engineering
Cerebral infarction in sickle cell disease is associated with arterial narrowing or occlusions of intracranial arteries. Primary stroke prevention would be feasible if a noninvasive screening test could be developed to detect intracranial disease in patients before symptoms develop.
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