Success rate of transcranial color-coded duplex ultrasonography in visualizing the basal cerebral arteries in vascular patients over 60 years of age

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 30; no. 7; pp. 1450 - 1455
• Main Authors: HOKSBERGEN, A. W. J, LEGEMATE, D. A, UBBINK, D. T, JACOBS, M. J. H. M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.07.1999; American Heart Association, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Basilar Artery - diagnostic imaging; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Flow Velocity; Cerebral Arteries - diagnostic imaging; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Female; Humans; Intracranial Arteriosclerosis - diagnostic imaging; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Nervous system; Sex Factors; Ultrasonic investigative techniques; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial; Vertebral Artery - diagnostic imaging; Sonography; Human; Nervous system diseases; Color; Sex; Cardiovascular disease; Duplex ultrasonography; Cerebral artery; Cerebral disorder; Vascular disease; Transcranial route; Central nervous system disease; Atherosclerosis; Medical imagery; Cerebrovascular disease; Comparative study

Clinically important atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease is mainly found in patients aged >60 years. Transcranial color-coded duplex ultrasonography (TCCD) is a relatively new technique for investigating the basal cerebral arteries; however, it is often hampered by impenetrable ultrasound win...