Study on the incidence of the carotid artery atherosclerotic plaque in patients with cerebral infarction / 临床神经病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the incidence of the carotid artery atherosclerotic plaque in patients with cerebral infarction(CI).Methods 138 CI patients on their carotid artery were examed with color doppler ultrasonography.The incidence,stability and location of the carotid artery atherosclerotic plaque in CI patients were observed and compared with those of the normal controls.Results 120 cases(87.7%) of the 138 CI patients were turned out 175 atherosclerotic plaques.36 cases of the 140 normal controls were turned out to be with atherosclerotic plaque(25.7%).There was significant difference between the two groups(P