Clinical value of color doppler ultrasonography to extracranial vertebral artery stenosis before and after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent treatment / 临床神经病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical value of color doppler ultrasonography(CDU) to extracranial vertebral artery stenosis before and after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent(PTAS) treatment.Methods 61 patients with extracranial vertebral artery stenosis confirmed by digital subtraction angiography(DSA) were detected by CDU on both sides of extracranial vertebral artery before and 3 d,30 d after PTAS.The flow volume(FV),peak systolic velocity(PSV) and resistance index(RI) at the site of C5-C6 segment and stenosis were as analysis targets.Results Before PTAS,80 stenotic extracranial vertebral arteries were found by CDU(mild degree 17 cases,moderate degree 38 cases,severe degree 25 cases).Compared with DSA,coincidence was 86.9%(77.3%,95.0%,83.3%).Among them,the coincidence of moderate extracranial vertebral artery stenosis detected by CDU was excellent(P0.05).Conclusion CDU has the important value in diagnosing extracranial vertebral artery stenosis,and can be used to follow up the blood hemodynamics in the extracranial vertebral artery of patients treated by PTAS.It provided a method for observing the efficacy of PTAS treatment.