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The Predictive Value of Intima-Media Thickness of the Common Carotid Artery in the Prevention of Stroke

    Riyadh S. Abultiman Abdulhameed A. Majeed Al-kassir Namir M. Taher Abdullah

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2014, Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 75-80

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ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND:
Non invasive measurement of intime-media thickness(IMT) of the common carotid artery by high resolution ultrasonography and its importance in stroke patient.
OBJECTIVE:
The study was designed to study this relation in our locality.
PATIENTS AND METHODS:
Thirty patients with ischemic stroke that were admitted in the medical department of Al Yarmook teaching hospital were tested by the aid of echocardiography department to measure intima-media thickness of the common carotid artery and they were compared with 20 persons(matching age and sex) without history of stroke or transient ischemic attack.
RESULTS:
The mean of IMT of common carotid artery in stroke pateints was 1.24mm while in control group the mean was 0.765 mm.
CONCLUSION:
There is a significant relation between the increased IMT of common carotid artery and stroke.
Keywords:
    KEY WORD media thickness primary prevention of stroke
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(2014). The Predictive Value of Intima-Media Thickness of the Common Carotid Artery in the Prevention of Stroke. Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 13(1), 75-80.
Riyadh S. Abultiman; Abdulhameed A. Majeed Al-kassir; Namir M. Taher Abdullah. "The Predictive Value of Intima-Media Thickness of the Common Carotid Artery in the Prevention of Stroke". Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 13, 1, 2014, 75-80.
(2014). 'The Predictive Value of Intima-Media Thickness of the Common Carotid Artery in the Prevention of Stroke', Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 13(1), pp. 75-80.
The Predictive Value of Intima-Media Thickness of the Common Carotid Artery in the Prevention of Stroke. Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal, 2014; 13(1): 75-80.
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