Cerebral circulatory arrest

Feb 4, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Cerebral circulatory arrest

Figure 21.1 Examples of Doppler spectrum patterns observable with increasing ICP compatible with angiographic cessation of cerebral blood flow. Imaging tips Ultrasound systems and settings All of the above-mentioned patterns…

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Sonothrombolysis

Feb 4, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Sonothrombolysis

Figure 14.1 The operator-independent “hands-free” ultrasound device for transcranial insonation of proximal intracranial arteries through standard temporal and suboccipital windows. Focused questions Does the stroke center have personnel trained in…

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Atherosclerotic carotid disease

Feb 4, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Atherosclerotic carotid disease

Figure 5C.1 NASCET degree of stenosis. The distal diameter “D” is the denominator: Degree = (1 − R/D) × 100%. It can be seen that this results in a lower…

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Cervical artery vasculitides

Feb 4, 2017 by in NEUROLOGY Comments Off on Cervical artery vasculitides

Figure 8.1 Color-coded Duplex sonography finding of superficial temporal artery in a normal person (A,B) and in a patient with giant cell arteritis (C,D). (A) and (C) longitudinal view; (B)…

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