Relationship between Cough-Associated Changes in CSF Flow and Disease Severity in Chiari I Malformation: An Exploratory Study Using Real-Time MRI.

Abraham F Bezuidenhout D Khatami Carl B Heilman Ekkehard M Kasper Samuel Patz Neel Madan Y Zhao Rafeeque A Bhadelia

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2018)

Our exploratory study suggests that assessment of CSF flow response to a coughing challenge has the potential to become a valuable objective noninvasive test for clinical assessment of disease severity in patients with Chiari I malformation.

Keyphrases

magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
cerebrospinal fluid
human health
risk assessment
climate change