The relevant research into impaired glucose regulation and atherosclerosis in old age patients with lacunar infarct / 中国实用内科杂志

Objective To observe the relationship between impaired glucose regulation(IGR)and the degree of atherosclerosis(AS)on Lacunar Infact(LI)patients.Methods A total of 83 patients with LI confirmed by CT or MRI were collected and divided into 3 groups by their fasting blood glucose,and their medical history and physical examination,the fasting blood lipid,acidum uricum and INI profile were evaluated with an automatic biochemistry machine.By employing a high resolution B-mode ultrasonography the intimae smoothness,intimae-media thickness(IMT)and plaque(s)were observed in bilateral common carotid arteries.Results The hypertension history,smoke history,waistline body mass index(BMI)and the atherosclerosis were all more marked in subjects with IGR than those in NGT(all P

Prognostic Value of Parent Arterial Lesions in the Patients with Lacunar Syndrome

BACKGROUND: It is well known that a lacunar infarction has characteristic clinical features and a relatively good prognosis. However, the significance of lesions in the parent artery of patients with lacunar syndrome as regard to the prognosis remains unsettled. METHODS: Using the data of consecutive patients with their first ischemic stroke and were followed longer than 1 year, were divided the patients by their clinical features and the results of the work-up was as follows; (1) mismatching [MM] group; lacunar syndrome and the presence of parent arterial lesion, (2) large artery artherosclerosis [LAD]; non-lacunar syndrome and the presence of parent arterial lesion, (3) no determined etiology [NE]; non-lacunar syndrome without parent arterial lesion, and (4) small artery disease [SAD]; lacunar syndrome without parent arterial lesion. Patients with a potential source of embolism were excluded from this study. The prognosis and recurrence rate of patients with the MM group were compared with those of other groups. RESULTS: A total of 176 patients were included; 56 LAD, 62 SAD, 22 MM and 36 NE groups. An unstable hospital course was more frequently found in LAD than in the other groups. The recurrence rate of the MM group (23%) was significantly higher than that of SAD (2%), but was similar to that of patients with non-lacunar syndrome (LAD 16%, NE 28%). CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with lacunar syndrome, the prognosis of those with parent arterial lesions was different from those without lesions. Therefore, a systematic work up of the stroke mechanism may be important in patients with lacunar syndrome.