Cerebral Autoregulation in Stroke

Background and Purpose—Cerebral autoregulation may become impaired after stroke. To provide a review of the nature and extent of any autoregulation impairment after stroke and its course over time, a technique allowing repeated bedside measurements with good temporal resolution is required. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) in combination with continuous blood pressure measurements allows noninvasive ...

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Background and Purpose—Cerebral autoregulation may become impaired after stroke. To provide a review of the nature and extent of any autoregulation impairment after stroke and its course over time, a technique allowing repeated bedside measurements with good temporal resolution is required. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) in combination with continuous blood pressure measurements allows noninvasive ...

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Measuring cerebral autoregulation in stroke patients.

Stroke Patients To the Editor: We have read with interest the article by Georgiadis et al in the December 2002 issue of Stroke.1 The authors have attempted to examine the integrity of cerebral autoregulation in hypothermic stroke patients. We would like to raise 2 methodological issues. Despite measuring intracranial pressure, the authors have used mean arterial pressure rather than cerebral pe...

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Measuring Cerebral Autoregulation in Stroke Patients

Stroke Patients To the Editor: We have read with interest the article by Georgiadis et al in the December 2002 issue of Stroke.1 The authors have attempted to examine the integrity of cerebral autoregulation in hypothermic stroke patients. We would like to raise 2 methodological issues. Despite measuring intracranial pressure, the authors have used mean arterial pressure rather than cerebral pe...

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