Background and purpose To evaluate the feasibility and clinical influence of carotid artery
examinations in patients admitted with stroke or TIA with hand-held ultrasound by experts, to …

Objectives To investigate the reliability and agreement of hand-held ultrasound devices
(HUDs) compared with conventional duplex ultrasound (HIGH) in examination for carotid …

Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study on a convenience sample of adult
patients presenting to a comprehensive stroke centre with TIA or stroke between June …

Stroke requires rapid determination of the cause to provide timely and appropriate initial
management. Various ultrasonographic techniques have been evaluated as ways to …

Background and Purpose—Transcranial Doppler (TCD) and carotid duplex (CD) provide
rapid and safe screening for stroke patients but are highly operator dependent. We explored …

Introduction: The novel multi-parametric 'DEGUM'duplex ultrasonography (DUS) criteria may
improve accuracy of extracranial carotid artery grading but have not been compared with the …

Background and Purpose—We routinely perform an urgent bedside neurovascular
ultrasound examination (NVUE) with carotid/vertebral duplex and transcranial Doppler …

Abstract Introduction The German Society of Ultrasound in Medicine (known by its acronym
DEGUM) recently proposed a novel multi-parametric ultrasound approach for …

There are approximately 800,000 strokes in the United States (US) annually. This number
has remained the same for decades despite efforts at prevention. The Center for Disease …

Background and Purpose: Carotid endarterectomy (CE) has been shown to be beneficial in
patients with symptomatic high-grade internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis. Some authors …