PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ghosh, Nina
AU  - Tampieri, Donatella
AU  - Melancon, Denis
TI  - Immediate Evaluation of Angioplasty and Stenting Results in Supra-Aortic Arteries by Use of a Doppler-Tipped Guidewire
DP  - 2004 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1172--1176
VI  - 25
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/7/1172.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/25/7/1172.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2004 Aug 01; 25
AB  - Summary: Intra-arterial Doppler sonography may complement arteriography by providing immediate physiological evidence of hemodynamic adequacy and by obviating unnecessary angioplastic dilation. We used a Doppler-tipped guidewire in 16 patients and obtained velocity measurements at the site of stenosis immediately before and after carotid artery stenting (CAS) in 10 patients. Intra-arterial Doppler sonography confirmed hemodynamic improvement immediately after stent placement and correlated well with post-CAS duplex Doppler sonography results. Thus, intra-arterial Doppler sonography can be feasibly incorporated into CAS procedures for hemodynamic evaluation and can provide anatomic information that complements information provided by angiography.