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IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—TRANSCRANIAL COLOR‐CODED DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY IN A DOG WITH HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
Author(s) -
DUQUE JAVIER,
DOMINGUEZROLDAN JOSE M.,
CASAMIANSORROSAL DOMINGO,
BARRERACHACON RAFAEL
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2010.01750.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transcranial doppler , radiology , encephalopathy , middle cerebral artery , portosystemic shunt , basilar artery , ultrasonography , shunt (medical) , hepatic encephalopathy , cardiology , portal hypertension , ischemia , cirrhosis
We report the use of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in a dog with hepatic encephalopathy secondary to a congenital portosystemic shunt. A severe increase in the pulsatility index was measured in the right middle cerebral artery, left middle cerebral artery, and basilar artery. These values returned to normal following medical stabilization of the patient and resolution of the neurologic signs. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography appears to have value for monitoring the status of intracranial hypertension in patients with hepatic encephalopathy.