Correlative Studies of Cerebral Infarction and Carotid Atherosclerosis / 国际脑血管病杂志

ABSTRACT

To investigate the correlation between cerebral infarction and carotid atherosclerosis.Methods:Bilateral carotid atherosclerotic plaques,intima-media thickness (IMT),and stiffness coefficient (β) in 60 patients with cerebral infarction were detected by high-frequency color Doppler imaging,and they were compared with the control group (n=60).Results:The detection rate of plaque in the cerebral infarction group was significantly higher than that in the control group (90% vs 28%,P<0.005); the constituent ratio of soft plaques in the cerebral infarction group was significantly higher than that in the control group (P <0.01),and the constituent ratio of flat and hard plaques was significantly lower than that in the control group (P<0.005); IMT and β values in the cerebral infarction group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.01).Furthermore,IMT had significant positive correlation with β values (P<0.01).Conclusions:Carotid atherosclerosis is closely correlated with cerebral infarction.