Discrepancies in mean blood flow velocities in cm/s in major cerebral arteries obtained with angle corrected imaging transcranial Doppler sonography (TCDI) and nonimaging conventional transcranial sonography (TCD) in individual children with sickle cell disease*
Side | Artery | TCD | TCDI |
---|---|---|---|
Right | ICA | 139[5],130[24],120[46],128[49] | 175[5],192[24],184[46],188[49] |
MCA | 148[24] | 171[24] | |
ACA | 52[61] | 181[61] | |
PCA | 148[51] | 188[51] | |
Left | ICA | 180[14],128[34],126[44] | 184[14],191[34],184[44] |
MCA | 137[18],146[34],159[44],226[51] | 203[18],181[34],178[44],259[51] | |
ACA | 112[6],181[13],148[24],116[46],51[51] | 181[6],208[13],202[24],203[46],183[51] | |
PCA | 109[46] | 199[46] |
Note:—ICA indicates internal carotid artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; ACA, anterior cerebral artery; PCA, posterior cerebral artery.
* Numbers in square brackets indicate ID numbers of individual patients.