Implementation of the STOP protocol for Stroke Prevention in Sickle Cell Anemia by using duplex power Doppler imaging

Radiology
A J MaloufM G Smith

Abstract

To compare the results of the nonduplex ultrasonography (US) Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP) with those of transcranial duplex power Doppler US by using the STOP protocol and to correlate abnormal transcranial Doppler findings with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR angiographic findings. One hundred twenty-five asymptomatic patients aged 2-16 years with sickle cell anemia or sickle cell-beta thalassemia were examined by using transcranial duplex power Doppler US with a 2.5-MHz transducer and classified according to STOP criteria. The results were compared with those obtained in the nonduplex STOP study. Eight of 10 patients with abnormal results, as well as one who had normal results and a subsequent stroke, were examined with MR imaging and MR angiography. Ten (8.0%) patients were judged to have abnormal findings by using the duplex Doppler US and STOP criteria compared with 9.4% of patients in the nonduplex US STOP study. Of the eight patients with abnormal transcranial Doppler US results who underwent MR imaging and MR angiography, six had abnormal MR imaging findings and all eight had abnormal MR angiographic findings. The STOP protocol can be reproduced by using duplex power Doppler US. Abnormal r...Continue Reading

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