What is Collateral Capacity?
Similar to cerebral autoregulation and vasomotor reactivity, cerebral collateral flow reflects an alternative compensatory mechanism to pathological flow conditions
The cerebral collateral pathways include side-to-side via the anterior communicating artery, posterior-to anterior via the posterior communicating artery, and external-to-internal via the ophthalmic artery. TCD can detect reverse velocities in the collaterally perfused arteries, indicating the viability or absence of this compensatory mechanism.
The Viasonix Dolphin’s highly sensitive M-mode display identifies forward or reversed blood flow, throughout the depth range, for analysis of this brain protection mechanism.
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