TCD (transcranial Doppler) Flashcards
(44 cards)
1
Q
0 degree angle
A
all TCD
2
Q
C1
A
cervical
3
Q
C2
C3
A
petrous
lacerum
4
Q
C4
C5
A
cavernous
clinoid
5
Q
C6
C7
A
supraclinoid
communicating (terminal)
6
Q
collateral supratrochlear
A
superior temporal
7
Q
collateral dorsal nasal
A
facial
8
Q
PULSED WAVE
A
TCD
9
Q
No CW
A
TCD
10
Q
Color is pulsed wave
A
never CW
11
Q
mean velocity
A
correlates with perfusion
12
Q
MCA depth
A
30-60 mm
13
Q
ACA/MCA bifurcation

A
55-65 mm bidirectional
14
Q
ACA

A
60-80 mm away
15
Q
ACA velocity
A
50 +/- 11 cm/sec away
16
Q
P1

A
60-70 mm toward
17
Q
P1 velocity
A
39 +/- 10 cm/sec
18
Q
vertebral

A
60-90 mm away
19
Q
vertebral velocity
A
38 +/- 10 cm/sec
20
Q
basilar artery

A
80-120 mm away
21
Q
basilar velocity
A
30-57 cm/sec
22
Q
transorbital window : 4 levels
A
parasellar,
genu,
supraclinoid,
ophthalmic
23
Q
ophthalmic resistance
A
high
24
Q
most velocities 80 cm/sec
A
> 100 cm/sec bad
25
siphon
60-80 mm
26
terminal ICA
55-65 mm
ambiguous
27
ophthalmic artery

40-60 mm,
toward
21 +/- 5 cm/sec
28
M1
30-60 mm
toward
55 +/- 12 cm/sec
29
P2

60-70 mm,
away,
40 +/- 10 cm/sec
30
siphon (orbital window)
60-80 mm,
47 +/- 14 cm/sec
variable flow direction
31
vasospasm in MCA
120-140 cm/sec mild (100-200)
140-200 cm/sec moderate (120-200)
\> 200 cm/sec severe
43-67 cm/sec normal MCA
32
Lindegard ratio (hemispheric index)
compares ICA to MCA for severity of vasospasm
33
MCA/ICA ratio normal
(hemispheric index)
\< 3
MCA 100-200 cm/sec
34
MCA/ICA ratio
moderate vasospasm
5-7
MCA 120-200 cm/sec
35
emboli
chirps or HITS
36
brain death

flow reversal
37
intraplaque hemorrhage
hypoechoic rim
38
incidence fetal ICA
25%
39
4 factors for vessel identification
depth direction
spatial
orientation
mean velocity
40
Transorbital window: vessel direction of siphon and OA
parasellar and genu flow toward probe
supraclinoid flows away
ophthalmic flow toward
41
MCA/ICA ratio
severe vasospasm
\>7
velocity MCA \> 200 cm/sec
42
terminal ICA
55-65 mm
43
ophthalmic artery collateral
abnormal side ACA reverses (toward)
44
intracrancial collaterals for ACA
develop turbulence and reverses (toward)