Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound Criteria for Recanalization After Thrombolysis for Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
Author(s) -
W. Scott Burgin,
Marc Malkoff,
Robert A. Felberg,
Andrew M. Demchuk,
Ioannis Christou,
James C. Grotta,
Andrei V. Alexandrov
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.31.5.1128
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , middle cerebral artery , timi , transcranial doppler , digital subtraction angiography , occlusion , angiography , cardiology , stroke (engine) , cerebral angiography , radiology , magnetic resonance angiography , magnetic resonance imaging , ischemia , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering
Transcranial Doppler (TCD) can demonstrate arterial occlusion and subsequent recanalization in acute ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). Limited data exist to assess the accuracy of recanalization by TCD criteria.
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