Transcranial Doppler1 Flashcards
Branches of the ophthalmic artery
nasal, frontal, supraorbital
periorbital branches of the ECA
Facial, superficial temporal
MCA depth (transtemporal window)
3-6 cm
ACA (A1) mean velocity
transtemporal window
50 cm/s
C1/terminal ICA flow direction
transtemporal window
antegrade
PCA(P1) depth
transtemporal window
6-7.5 cm
PCA(P2) mean velocity
transtemporal window
40 cm/s
Basilar artery tip flow direction
transtemporal window
bidirectional
MCA mean velocity
transtemporal window
55 cm/s
ACA(A1) flow direction
transtemporal window
retrograde
C1/terminal ICA depth
transtemporal window
6-7 cm
PCA(P1) mean velocity
transtemporal window
39 cm/s
PCA(P2) flow direction
retrograde
Basilar artery tip depth
transtemporal window
7-8 cm
MCA flow direction
transtemporal window
antegrade
ACA(A1) depth
transtemporal window
6-7.5 cm
C1/terminal ICA mean velocity
transtemporal window
39 cm/s
PCA(P1) flow direction
transtemporal window
antegrade
PCA(P2) depth
transtemporal window
6-6.5 cm
Basilar artery tip mean velocity
transtemporal window
40 cm/s
extradural vertebral artery depth
suboccipital window
4-5.5 cm
intradural vertebral artery mean velocity
suboccipital window
38 cm/s
basilar artery flow direction
suboccipital window
retrograde
extradural vertebral artery mean velocity
suboccipital window
34 cm/s
intradural vertebral artery flow direction
suboccipital window
retrograde
basilar artery depth
suboccipital window
7-11.5 cm
extradural vertebral artery flow direction
suboccipital window
antegrade
intradural vertebral artery depth
suboccipital window
6-9.5 cm
basilar artery mean velocity
suboccipital window
41 cm/s
C2/supraclinoid depth
ophthalmic window
6.5-8 cm
C3/genu mean velocity
N/A
C4/parasellar flow direction
ophthalmic window
antegrade
ophthalmic artery depth
ophthalmic window
3.5-5.5 cm
C2/supraclinoid mean velocity
ophthalmic window
41 cm/s
C3/genu flow direction
ophthalmic window
bidirectional
C4/parasellar depth
ophthalmic window
6.5-8 cm
ophthalmic artery mean velocity
ophthalmic window
21 cm/s
C2/supraclinoid flow direction
ophthalmic window
retrograde
C3/genu depth
ophthalmic window
6.5 cm
C3/parasellar mean velocity
ophthalmic window
47 cm/s
ophthalmic artery flow direction
ophthalmic window
antegrade
extradural ICA depth
submandibular window
3.5-8 cm
extradural ICA mean velocity
submandibular window
30 cm/s
extradural ICA flow direction
submandibular window
retrograde
What vessel carries 80% of the cerebral hemisphere’s blood supply?
MCA
Upper limit of normal for MCA velocities
less than or equal to 90 cm/
average depth to midline in the skull
8 cm
name the segments of the cavernous ICA
parasellar, genu, supraclinoid
cavernous ICA, aka
carotid siphon
What is the normal resistivity of the ophthalmic artery?
high resistance