Sl. Bezinque et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS BLOOD-FLOW VELOCITY USINGCOLOR-FLOW DOPPLER IN NEONATES AND INFANTS, Pediatric radiology, 25(3), 1995, pp. 175-179
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Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
The objective of the investigation was to determine what effect intrac
ranial pathology has on alterations of superior sagittal sinus blood f
low, and to determine the role of color flow Doppler imaging of the su
perior sagittal sinus in the diagnosis of intracranial pathology in th
e neonate and infant. One hundred examinations were performed prospect
ively in 96 patients. The velocity was determined with an angle correc
tion at 30-60 degrees and was obtained with and without gentle transdu
cer compression. Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis was identified in
two patients by the absence of flow. Multiple t-tests for independent
measures showed no clinically significant differences between flow vel
ocities with regard to intracranial hemorrhage, ventriculomegaly, extr
acorporeal membrane oxygenation therapy or prematurity. The authors co
nclude that color flow Doppler can accurately diagnose superior sagitt
al sinus thrombosis and may be used to screen high risk neonates such
as those with thrombosis elsewhere or those treated with extracorporea
l membrane oxygenation. No clinically significant associations were fo
und between superior sagittal sinus flow velocity and any of the param
eters evaluated in this study.