Stroke Archive - The World of TCD Clinical Applications

31 Juli 2025 TCD for Bubble Testing

Posted at 16:04h in Emboli Detection, Intensive Care, News, Right-Left-Shunt, Stroke, Trends in Neurosonology

Once considered optional, Transcranial Doppler (TCD) has become a key diagnostic tool in evaluating right-to-left shunts in cryptogenic stroke. This article summarizes how major neurological and cardiovascular guidelines describe its value, performance, and integration into diagnostic pathways....

07 März 2024 TCD Clinical Indications

Posted at 16:10h in Brain Death, Cardiovascular Surgery, Carotid Stenosis, Emboli Detection, Intensive Care, News, Right-Left-Shunt, Sickle Cell Anemia, Stroke

TCD provides noninvasive monitoring in diverse clinical situations, offering real-time physiological data without increasing patient risks or costs. ...

02 Nov. 2023 SARS-CoV-2 – update 2023

Posted at 12:31h in Carotid Stenosis, COVID-19, Emboli Detection, Intensive Care, News, Stroke, Trends in Neurosonology

If the coronavirus causes vascular inflammation (vasculitis), the inflammatory reaction leads to vascular narrowing with relevant cerebral blood flow velocities (CBFV) changes. An intracranial routine examination can assist in diagnosis of vasculitis by following proximal cerebral vascular abnormalities. ...

10 Juli 2023 Doppler and Duplex

Posted at 12:30h in Brain Death, Carotid Stenosis, Intensive Care, News, Stroke, Trends in Neurosonology

Transcranial Doppler Sonography (TCD) and Transcranial Color Duplex Sonography (TCCD) are complementary diagnostic methods. The diagnosis of stenoses can be made with conventional TCD with the help of higher sensitivity in the velocity measurement....

06 Juni 2023 Reversed Robin Hood Syndrome

Posted at 12:54h in Autoregulation (VMR), News, Stroke, Trends in Neurosonology

This article from the excellent clinical book Neurosonology in Critical Care deals with the Reversed Robin Hood Syndrome, in reference to the romantic hero of literature but in our case in reverse the " poor side". ...