Does Phase-Contrast Imaging through the Cerebral Aqueduct Predict the Outcome of Lumbar CSF Drainage or Shunt Surgery in Patients with Suspected Adult Hydrocephalus?
Ari M BlitzJ ShinOlivier BalédentGwenaël PagéLuke W BonhamDaniel A HerzkaAbhay R MoghekarD RigamontiPublished in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2018)
This study suggests that the results of phase-contrast MR imaging through the cerebral aqueduct alone should not be used to select patients for diagnostic or therapeutic CSF diversion.
Keyphrases
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- minimally invasive
- end stage renal disease
- magnetic resonance
- ejection fraction
- contrast enhanced
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- cerebrospinal fluid
- high resolution
- magnetic resonance imaging
- brain injury
- coronary artery bypass
- peritoneal dialysis
- pulmonary artery
- patient reported outcomes
- coronary artery disease
- young adults
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- computed tomography
- cerebral blood flow