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Year :2018
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Month :
April
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Volume :
7
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Issue :
2
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Page :
RO06 - RO10
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Cross-sectional Study of Abnormal Intima Medial Thickness of Common Carotid Artery in Acute Cerebral Infarct Patients
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Correspondence Address :
vishwanath T Thimmaiah,
Dr. Vishwanath T Thimmaiah,
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology,
JSS Hospital, MG Road, Mysuru-570015,
Karnataka, India.
E-mail: vishurad@gmail.com
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Introduction: Introduction: Intima Media Thickness (IMT) is abnormal in most cases of acute cerebral infarct and is routinely measured in clinical practice by Brightness (B)-Mode ultrasound. IMT represents structural change that occurs in common carotid artery in acute cerebral infarct much before the clinical symptom.
Aim: IMT is a valid independent indicator for risk assessment of acute cerebral infarct. Present study is aimed to know the association of IMT with acute cerebral infarct.
Materials and Methods: Total of 210 cases of acute cerebral infarct were included in the present study over a period of one year. IMT was measured in common carotid artery on the side of acute cerebral infarct by B-mode ultrasound. Cramer’s V value ranging from 0.0 to 1.0 and p-value < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Results: Abnormal IMT was seen in 145 cases (69%) with 118 males and 27 females. Maximum cases (28.8%) were in the age groups of 51 to 60 years with right side infarct in 154 (73.3%) and left sided in 56 (26.7%) cases. Cramer’s V value ranged from 0.019 to 0.032 in various age groups indicating good association and significant p-value of <0.001 was obtained.
Conclusion: Common carotid IMT is easy to measure by B-mode ultrasound, with IMT representing structural vessel wall property. B-mode derived measurements of Intima medial thickness is valid and associated well with acute cerebral infarct.
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