J Korean Geriatr Soc.  2005 Sep;9(3):203-209.

Evaluation of Lower Extremity with Doppler Ultrasonography in the Thrombotic Poststroke Patients

• Lim KB
• Lee HJ
• Kim JY
• Kim YH

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The aim of this study is to evaluation of lower extremity with doppler ultrasonography in the thrombotic poststroke patients. METHOD: The subjects were 24 thrombotic poststroke patients. We analyzed the stenosis or obstruction in the lower extremity artery with a doppler ultrasound and the cerebral artery with a magnetic resonance angiography.
RESULTS
In the lower extremity artery, 3 patients had the complete obstruction in one and more vessels, 7 patients had the luminal narrowing more than 50% in one and more vessels, 11 patients had the luminal narrowing less than 50% in one and more vessels. And in the cerebral artery, 9 patients had the Obstruction or stenosis of the artery without diffuse atherosclerosis, 15 patients had the arterial obstruction or stenosis with diffuse atherosclerosis, or multiple arterial pathology.
CONCLUSION
In this study, poststroke patients with arterial obstruction or stenosis with diffuse atherosclerosis in the cerebral artery had more severe atherosclerotic change in the lower extremity(p<0.05). We recommended to the evaluation of a doppler ultrasound of lower extremity in the thrombotic poststroke patients with diffuse atherosclerotic change of the cerebral artery.

Keyword

Doppler ultrasound; Atherosclerosis; Stroke; Cerebral artery; lower extremity

MeSH Terms

Arteries
Atherosclerosis
Cerebral Arteries
Constriction, Pathologic
Humans
Lower Extremity*
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Pathology
Phenobarbital
Stroke
Ultrasonography
Ultrasonography, Doppler*
Phenobarbital