The Doppler ophthalmic test: report of a study on its value in diagnosis of internal carotid artery insufficiency.
The Authors have investigated the significance and the limits of the directional Doppler method in a group of subjects affected by internal carotid obstruction in various sites and degree. On the basis of the obtained results the Authors point out how this method represents a concrete progress in the field of non invasive diagnosis of the insufficiency of this artery.
D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D004301:Doppler Effect; D006801:Humans; D009880:Ophthalmic Artery; D055585:Physical Phenomena; D010825:Physics; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000295:instrumentation; D014463:Ultrasonography