ABSTRACT
Objective:To correlate acute ischemic stroke with leukoaraiosis with intracranial and extracranial artery stenosis.Methods:A total of 300 patients with acute ischemic stroke admitted to Shaoxing Second Hospital from January to December 2017 were included in this study. All patients underwent magnetic resonance (MRI) examination. According to the examination results, these patients were divided into control (acute ischemic stroke, n = 100) and acute ischemic stroke with leukoaraiosis, n = 200). Carotid artery plaque size and blood sugar level were recorded in each group. Intracranial and extracranial large artery stenosis rates were compared between the two groups. Severity of leukoaraiosis was correlated with intracranial and extracranial artery stenosis. Results:The percentage of patients developing hypertension in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [66.0% (132/200) vs. 44.0% (44/100), χ2 = 13.31, P < 0.01]. The incidence of coronary heart disease in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [49.0% (98/200) vs. 31.0% (31/100), χ2 = 8.81, P < 0.01]. The incidence of carotid artery plaque in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [49.5% (99/200) vs. 34.0% (34/100), χ2 = 6.49, P = 0.01]. The incidence of carotid artery stenosis in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [23.5% (47/200) vs. 12.0% (12/100), χ2 = 5.58, P = 0.01]. There was no significant difference in the incidence of anterior cerebral artery stenosis between observation and control groups [5.5% (11/200) vs. 4.0% (4/100), χ2 = 0.32, P = 0.57]. The size of carotid artery plaque in the observation group was significantly larger than that in the control group [(1.86 ± 0.42) cm vs. (1.39 ± 0.27) cm, t = 10.18, P < 0.01]. The incidence of intracranial and extracranial artery stenosis in the observation group was significantly higher than that in the control group [41.0% (82/200) vs. 24.0% (24/100), χ2 = 8.43, P < 0.01]. The severity of leukoaraiosis was positively correlated with the degree of intracranial and extracranial artery stenosis ( r = 0.79, P < 0.01). Conclusion:Patients with acute ischemic stroke with leukoaraiosis have a high intracranial and extracranial artery stenosis and the severity of leukoaraiosis is positively correlated with intracranial and extracranial artery stenosis.