Transcranial Doppler measurements of the middle cerebral artery. Effect of hematocrit.

نویسندگان

  • L M Brass
  • S G Pavlakis
  • D DeVivo
  • S Piomelli
  • J P Mohr
چکیده

We evaluated the effects of hematocrit on blood velocity in the middle cerebral artery measured by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in 45 patients. Hematocrits ranged from 16% to 46%, and systolic blood velocities ranged from 70 to 190 (mean 40 to 140) cm/sec. Decreases in hematocrit correlated with increases in blood velocity in the middle cerebral artery. These results suggest that transcranial Doppler measurements made in the presence of anemia may need correction.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Stroke

دوره 19 12  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1988