Transcranial doppler (TCD)

Evidence-based neurology checklist on transcranial doppler (tcd): Indications The detection of intracranial stenoses The detection of asymptomatic carotid emboli The assessment of extracranial intracranial carotid artery (ICA) stenosis/occlusion The screening of children with sickle cell disease…

Indications

  • The detection of intracranial stenoses
  • The detection of asymptomatic carotid emboli
  • The assessment of extracranial intracranial carotid artery (ICA) stenosis/occlusion
  • The screening of children with sickle cell disease for stroke risk
  • The monitoring of vasospasm after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
  • The monitoring of carotid endarterectomy (CEA)
  • The monitoring of thrombolysis
  • The testing of vasomotor reactivity
  • The detection of cerebral circulatory arrest or brain death

Benefit

References

  1. Sloan MA, Alexandrov AV, Tegeler CH, et al. Assessment: transcranial doppler ultrasonography. Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2004; 62:1468-1481.
  2. Markus HS, King A, Shipley M, et al. Asymptomatic embolisation for prediction of stroke in the Asymptomatic Carotid Emboli Study (ACES): a prospective observational study. Lancet Neurol 2010; 9:663-671.
  3. Sloan MA, Alexandrov AV, Tegeler CH, et al. Assessment: transcranial doppler ultrasonography. Report HD the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. Neurology 2004; 62:1468-1481.
  4. Maurer M, Shambal S, Berg D, et al. Differentiation between intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke by transcranial color-coded duplex-scintigraphy. Stroke 1998; 29:2563-2567.
  5. Markus H, Cullinane M. Severely impaired cerebrovascular reactivity predicts stroke and TIA risk in patients with carotid artery stenosis and occlusion. Brain 2001; 124:457-467.
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