Normal values of volume flow in the internal carotid artery measured by a new angle-independant Doppler technique for evaluating cerebral perfusion

摘要

Background. Cerebral blood flow is an important parameter when monitoring critically ill patients. Blood flow volume within the internal carotid artery (ICA) was shown to be correlated with the cerebral blood flow. The aim of our study was to provide normal values of the internal carotid artery volume flow using this new technology (QuantixND, Cardiosonix Ltd., Israel).