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KMID : 0357520070300040399
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Journal of Radiological Science and Technology
2007 Volume.30 No. 4 p.399 ~ p.405
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Usefulness of Ultrasonography of Carotid Artery
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Kim Hark-Sung
Kim Hwa-Sun
Kim Bok-Soo
Kim Bok-Soo
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Abstract
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This study examined 202 patients who was diagnosed as arteriosclerosis obliterans around carotid artery caused by its increase in IMT and who have been tested by carotid artery sonography. The results are as follows : 1. Out of 202 research subjects, 120(59.4%) were male, 82(40.6%) female, and the average age was 58. 2. Among the subjects, 54(26.7%) were diagnosed as DM, 60(29.7%) with hyperlipidemia, 86(42.6%) with hypertension, 61(30.2%) with EGK. 3. There was more increase in the left IMT than in the right IMT, more increase in male subjects than female subjects, and more increase with age. 4. The relationship between IMT & MRA was that subjects tested by MRA showed greater statistically significant correlation than those not tested by MRA(p < 0.01). 5. The increase in IMT was correlated with DM and HTN, but not with EKG and hyperlipidemia. 6. Among subjects tested by MRA, those diagnosed with MCA stenosis showed increase upto 0.94 in the left IMT and 0.96 in the right IMT ; there was a significant correlation(p < 0.01). Thicker IMT was positively correlated with diagnosis of MCA stenosis after MRA test.
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KEYWORD
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carotid artery, IMT, artery stenosis, stenosis, Middle Cerebral Artery
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