Evaluation of extracranial carotid system with duplex scanner HR in hemiplegic patients
Pistarini, C.; Gibellini, R.; Berzolari, F.G.; Bardile, A.F.; Poggi, G.; Orsi, G.; Tangenti, A.
Rivista di Neurologia 59(4): 150-157
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-6344 PMID: 2617027 Document Number: 341633
The aim of this work is to study extracranial carotid lesions and their relation to some risk factors for atherosclerosis, in a large group of hemiplegic patients during rehabilitation treatment. The results indicate that in patients with stabilized ischemic stroke there is a high percentage of positive Duplex Scanner examination. However, the presence of negative patients with hemiplegia leads us, in this case, to look for a carotid lesion placed higher up. The high presence of bilateral atherosclerotic lesions also shows that atherosclerosis is not only a local process. The clinical event may be caused by the type of carotid lesion (as demonstrated by thrombosis or carotid lesions with superficial ulceration contralateral to the hemiplegia).