carotid and transcranial doppler

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justme - 16 Sep 2004 19:02 GMT

I am scheduled to have carotid and transcranial doppler tests done next
week at the Veterans hospital due to my seizures. Can anyone tell me
what they are, what to expect etc? I never had my carotid or
transcranial doppled before :)
owlvee

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Bob - 16 Sep 2004 19:52 GMT

> I am scheduled to have carotid and transcranial doppler tests done next
> week at the Veterans hospital due to my seizures. Can anyone tell me
> what they are, what to expect etc? I never had my carotid or
> transcranial doppled before :)
> owlvee

I took the following string from your post
carotid and transcranial doppler tests

and gave it to Google. There is a lot to read there about it, but this site

http://www.chclibrary.org/micromed/00068730.html
says
TCD gives valuable information about the site of a stroke and the patient's
progress after a stroke. TCD is also used to evaluate the contraction of
blood vessels that can occur if a blood vessel ruptures.
and that is followed by a description of the procedure which is totally
non-invasive.

Bob

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Michael - 17 Sep 2004 04:48 GMT

Sounds like your doctor wants to determine if your seizures are
instead restricted blood flow rather than epileptogenic.

Michael

>I am scheduled to have carotid and transcranial doppler tests done next
>week at the Veterans hospital due to my seizures. Can anyone tell me what
>they are, what to expect etc? I never had my carotid or transcranial
>doppled before :)
> owlvee

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