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Heparin and air filters reduce embolic events caused by intra-arterial cerebral angiography - A prospective, randomized trial [PDF]
, 2004 Background-Intra-arterial cerebral angiography is associated with a low risk for neurological complications, but clinically silent ischemic events after angiography have been seen in a substantial number of patients.Methods and Results-In a prospective ...
Bartsch, AJ +8 more
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Silent Infarcts with Sickle Cell Anemia
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2002 The effect of transfusion therapy on the risk for new silent infarct or stroke in children with sickle cell anemia and abnormal transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography was determined at the University of Miami, FL, and other centers in the STOP trial (
J Gordon Millichap
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Case Reports in Neurology, 2020 Streptococcus pneumoniae are Gram-positive bacteria that are responsible for many types of illnesses including pneumonia, sinus infections, and community-acquired meningitis. One important complication of bacterial meningitis is intracranial vasculopathy.
Mohamad Imran Idris +3 more
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Evaluation of vasomotor response in ophthalmic migraine patients [PDF]
Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2016 Introduction. Hemodynamic changes of the cerebral arteries in ophthalmic migraine may be an important pathophysiological mechanism of the disease. The nitric oxide (NO) synthesis plays a significant role in hemodynamic changes due to vasodilatation ...
Adriana Bulboaca +2 more
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Ultrasound and dynamic functional imaging in vascular cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease [PDF]
, 2017 The vascular contributions to neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation may be assessed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasonography (US). This review summarises the methodology for these widely available, safe and relatively low cost tools and ...
Azevedo, E. +5 more
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Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography predicts cardiovascular events after TIA
BMC Medical Imaging, 2009 Background Transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients are at high vascular risk. We assessed the value of extracranial (ECD) and transcranial (TCD) Doppler and duplex ultrasonography to predict clinical outcome after TIA.
Sander Dirk +6 more
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Changing ethnic disparity in ischemic stroke mortality in US children after the STOP trial. [PDF]
, 2013 ImportanceA prior report showed higher stroke mortality in US black children compared with white children (1979-1998), a disparity likely due in part to sickle cell disease, which leads to a high risk of childhood ischemic stroke.
Fullerton, Heather J, Lehman, Laura L
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The Ultrasound Journal, 2019 Introduction A number of pre-hospital clinical assessment tools have been developed to triage subjects with acute stroke due to large vessel occlusion (LVO) to a specialised endovascular centre, but their false negative rates remain high leading to ...
Daria Antipova +3 more
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Update in intracranial pressure evaluation methods and translaminar pressure gradient role in glaucoma [PDF]
, 2014 Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness worldwide. Historically, it has been considered an ocular disease primary caused by pathological intraocular pressure (IOP).
Bartusis, Laimonas +5 more
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Hematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, 2018 Cerebrovascular disease, particularly stroke, is one of the most severe clinical complications associated with sickle cell disease and is a significant cause of morbidity in both children and adults.
André Rolim Belisário +3 more
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