Angiography and the evaluation of cerebrovascular disease in childhood.
This article outlines indications and techniques for and findings on angiography in pediatric cerebrovascular disease. The clinical entities described and illustrated include extracranial and intracranial pediatric vascular anomalies (hemangiomas and vascular malformations), pediatric aneurysms and occlusive cerebrovascular disease. Features specific to or more common in children are emphasized.
Burrows
P F
PF
Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Robertson
R L
RL
Barnes
P D
PD
D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002538:Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed