| dc.creator | Díaz T,Violeta | |
| dc.creator | Plate B,Ludwig | |
| dc.creator | Erazo A,Sandra | |
| dc.creator | Cumsille G,Miguel A | |
| dc.creator | Venegas F,Pablo | |
| dc.date | 2001-02-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-07T15:08:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-03-07T15:08:31Z | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872001000200006 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/378706 | |
| dc.description | Background: Hispanics have a greater incidence of stroke and prevalence of intracranial atherosclerosis than whites. Aim: To study the prevalence of extracranial atherosclerosis among patients admitted to a hospital with an ischemic stroke. Material and methods: A prospective study in stroke patients admitted to a Neurology ward in a University Hospital. All were subjected to a CT scan, carotid duplex-Doppler ultrasonographic examination with Doppler measurement of blood flow velocity, permeability and plaques. Cardiac emboli were searched with transthoracic and transesophagic echocardiography. Results: One hundred ten patients (39 women), aged 67.5±11.4 years old were studied. Stroke was atherothrombotic in 46 (41.8%), embolic in 30 (27.3%), lacunar in 27 (24.6%) and of other type in 7 (6.4%). Ninety two patients (84.4%) had high blood pressure, 38% had high cholesterol levels, 35% had a cardiac disease and 26% were smokers. Thirty five subjects (31.8%) had a normal carotid ultrasonography, 46 (41.8%) had mural plaques, 16 (14.5%) had multiple plaques without occlusion, 13 (11.8%) had a partial occlusion and 7 (6,4%) had a total occlusion. Logistic regression analysis disclosed no significant relationship between stroke types and carotid atherosclerosis. Age was the only significant predictor for carotid atherosclerosis. Conclusions: The prevalence of severe carotid atherosclerosis in this group of stroke patients was less than expected (Rev Méd Chile 2001; 129: 161-5). | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | es | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
| dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.129 n.2 2001 | |
| dc.subject | Carotid artery thrombosis | |
| dc.subject | Carotid stenosis | |
| dc.subject | Cerebrovascular disorders | |
| dc.title | Prevalencia de la ateromatosis carotídea en pacientes con enfermedad cerebro vascular oclusiva | |
| dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |
