Detection of moderate to severe middle cerebral artery atherosclerotic stenosis in stroke patients: Transcranial color-coded duplex sonography versus computed tomography angiography.
Moussa Toudou-DaoudaNicolas ChaussonDidier SmadjaCosmin AlecuPublished in: Ultrasound (Leeds, England) (2023)
This study showed that stenotic to pre-stenotic ratio ⩾ 3 was more sensitive than peak systolic velocity ⩾ 300 cm/s to screen M1 stenosis ⩾ 70%. Middle cerebral artery/anterior cerebral artery ratio < 0.7 was a good indirect sign to detect dampened pre-stenotic flow due to M1 stenosis ⩾ 70%.
Keyphrases
- middle cerebral artery
- internal carotid artery
- blood pressure
- heart failure
- coronary artery
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- high throughput
- early onset
- high intensity
- blood flow
- label free
- magnetic resonance
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- contrast enhanced
- blood brain barrier
- single cell
- drug induced
- sensitive detection
- real time pcr