Adnan Khan, Maher Saqqur, Ashfaq Shuaib, Khurshid Khan, Vijay K Sharma, Alejandro Brunser, Jürgen Eggers, Robert Mikulik, Aristeidis H Katsanos, Theodore N Sergentanis, Konstantinos Vadikolias, Marta Rubiera, Reza Bavasi Shahripour, Huy Thang Nguyen, Patricia Martínez-Sánchez, Apostolos Safouris, Ioannis Heliopoulos, Abdul Salam, Carol Derksen, Konstantinos Voumvourakis, Theodora Psaltopoulou, Anne W Alexandrov, Andrei V Alexandrov, Georgios Tsivgoulis
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) identifies acute stroke patients with arterial occlusion where treatment may not effectively open the blocked vessel. This study aimed to examine the clinical utility and prognostic value of TCD flow findings in patients enrolled in a multicenter prospective study (CLOTBUST-PRO). METHODS: Patients enrolled with intracranial occlusion on computed tomography angiography (CTA) who underwent urgent TCD evaluation before intravenous thrombolysis was included in this analysis...
May 25, 2024: Journal of Neuroimaging: Official Journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging