Since sickle cell disease (SCD) carries an increased risk for ischemic stroke, stroke prevention in this patient population is vital. To this end, the 2014 NHLBI guidelines specify that children with ...

Carotid artery stenosis is a major cause of stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA ... 26 international centers and used transcranial Doppler ultrasound (TCD) to detect the presence of embolic ...

Behnke and his wife knew he needed to go to the ER, where doctors used a new technology — a transcranial doppler (TCD ... "It gives us a dynamic picture of the brain. A CAT scan or MRI ...

The composite incidence of ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack ... with sufficient temporal bone window for transcranial Doppler," the authors write. "It has the potential to make carotid ...