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Carotid Artery Intimal Medial Thickness in Acute Ischemic Stroke Subtypes and Intracerebral Hemorrhage

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Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract

BACKGROUND:
Stroke is the second cause of adult death globally. The Intimal Medial Thickness of the Carotid Artery is regarded as a measure of atherosclerosis. Since the pathogenesis and treatment differ among stroke subtypes; therefore, evaluating the intimal medial thickness may help in distinguishing intracerebral hemorrhage from other ischemic stroke subtypes.
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the carotid artery intimal medial thickness in ischemic stroke Subdivisions and intracerebral hemorrhage.
METHOD:
A cross-sectional case-control study of 200 subjects, 100 patients with different Stroke subtypes and 100 control that are age and gender matched. All subjects were examined by B-mode ultra-sonography to measure the intimal medial thickness of both common carotid and internal carotid arteries on either side. Time of study is from January 2018 to January 2019.
RESULTS:
200 patients, 110 male, 90 female, with mean age of 61.59 ±9.1. The mean IMT for LA, SA, ICH, CE and control groups were 0.91±0.12, 0.77±0.04, 0.74±0.04, 0.70±0.09 and 0.62±0.07 mm respectively (p value ˂0.001). There was significant increase in Mean IMT with increasing age (p value ˂0.001).
CONCLUSION:
There is possible diagnostic ability of using IMT to differentiate Stroke subtypes from each other’s.
 
 

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Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal
Volume 21, Issue 1
January 2022
Page 82-88
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