Department of Neurology, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea. Electronic address: [Email]
Intracranial arterial stenosis may progress or regress, of which the diagnosis is important to predict the risk of stroke or to evaluate the response of treatment. Transcranial Doppler (TCD) seems to be useful for this purpose, however, optimal diagnostic criteria have not been validated yet. Our study was designed to compare TCD changes with magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) to validate optimal TCD criteria for progression or regression of middle cerebral artery (MCA).