Carotid artery atherosclerotic disease in symptomatic patients : doppler study

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Background and Objectives : Stroke is one of the leading causes of death, which is known to be due to unstable plaques in the carotid vessels or stenosis of the carotid arteries , to detect carotid atherosclerosis in symptomatic patients with risk factors noninvasively using carotid Doppler ultrasonography .

Patients and Methods: A total of 66 patients, including 40 males and 26 females, aged between 37 and 89 years were assessed by carotid ultrasound, using grey scale, color, duplex and power Doppler.

The stenosis, if present, was graded and characterized in detail in each of the enrolled patients.

Results: Grade 1 stenosis was the most common type followed by grade 2; while type 2 plaques were the most frequent , followed by type 4 .

Conclusions: Carotid Doppler is a valuable and non-invasive method for detecting carotid arterial stenosis, by providing valuable information about the plaques, their morphology, as well as the degree of stenosis.