The Predictive Value of Intima-Media Thickness of the Common Carotid Artery in the Prevention of Stroke | ||
| Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal | ||
| Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2014, Pages 75-80 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Riyadh S. Abultiman; Abdulhameed A. Majeed Al-kassir; Namir M. Taher Abdullah | ||
| Abstract | ||
| ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Non invasive measurement of intime-media thickness(IMT) of the common carotid artery by high resolution ultrasonography and its importance in stroke patient. OBJECTIVE: The study was designed to study this relation in our locality. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty patients with ischemic stroke that were admitted in the medical department of Al Yarmook teaching hospital were tested by the aid of echocardiography department to measure intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery and they were compared with 20 persons(matching age and sex) without history of stroke or transient ischemic attack. RESULTS: The mean of IMT of common carotid artery in stroke pateints was 1.24mm while in control group the mean was 0.765 mm. CONCLUSION: There is a significant relation between the increased IMT of common carotid artery and stroke. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| KEY WORD; media thickness; primary prevention of stroke | ||
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