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.
Recommended Citation
Nasser, Abbas and Hasan, Zaki
(2022)
"Carotid Artery Intimal Medial Thickness in Acute Ischemic Stroke Subtypes and Intracerebral Hemorrhage,"
Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal: Vol. 21:
Iss.
1, Article 12.
DOI: 10.52573/ipmj.2021.174075
Available at:
https://ipmj.researchcommons.org/journal/vol21/iss1/12
DOI
10.52573/ipmj.2021.174075