Benefit of Echocontrast-Enhanced Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Ultrasound in the Assessment of Intracranial Collateral Pathways | Zendy

Dirk W. Droste | Zendy; Rasmus Jürgens | Zendy; S. Weber | Zendy; Ralf Tietje | Zendy; E. Bernd Ringelstein | Zendy

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Benefit of Echocontrast-Enhanced Transcranial Color-Coded Duplex Ultrasound in the Assessment of Intracranial Collateral Pathways

Author(s) -

Dirk W. Droste,

Rasmus Jürgens,

S. Weber,

Ralf Tietje,

E. Bernd Ringelstein

Publication year - 2000

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.31.4.920

Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , occlusion , internal carotid artery , lumen (anatomy) , stenosis , middle cerebral artery , cerebral arteries , posterior communicating artery , anterior cerebral artery , ultrasound , ischemia

Although clinically important, proper assessment of intracranial arterial collateral pathways by transcranial color-coded duplex sonography (TCCD) in patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) high-grade stenosis or occlusion is occasionally made difficult by an insufficient temporal bone window, an unfavorable insonation angle, or low flow velocity or volume. In these cases, echocontrast could be helpful to increase the diagnostic confidence or to make the diagnosis at all.

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