Evaluation of the function of extracranial-intracranial microarterial anastomoses in occlusive diseases of the main arteries of the head (Doppler and angiographic study)
Dobzhanskiĭ, N.V.; Bragina, L.K.; Nikitin, I.M.; Peresedov, V.V.; Kleĭmenova, N.B.
Zhurnal Nevropatologii i Psikhiatrii Imeni S.S. Korsakova 87(8): 1165-1169
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-4588 PMID: 3314285 Document Number: 301583
The comparison of the results of Doppler and angiographic examinations of 82 patients with combined occlusive disorders of the major arteries of the head before and after creating an extra-intracranial microarterial bypass showed a high informative value of Doppler sonography as a noninvasive method of the diagnosis of impairments of the cerebral arteries and as a method of control of microarterial anastomosis functioning. Placement of a microanastomosis between the external carotid and middle cerebral arteries eliminated or reduced the steal-phenomenon in relation to the brain or vertebral-basilar bed in combined lesions of the major arteries of the head.