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[Detection of microemboli in patients with extracranial carotid artery stenosis by transcranial Doppler sonography]. 1997

Y Akiyama, and M Sakaguchi, and H Yoshimoto, and K Nagatsuka, and T Todaka, and M Nomura, and M Sawada, and M Morimoto, and S Yamamoto, and N Hashimoto
Department of Cerebrovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center.

Embolism from a stenotic lesion of the extracranial internal carotid artery (ICS) is considered to be an important pathomechanism of cerebral infarction. The purpose of this study is to estimate the risk of cerebral infarction associated with microembolism in patients with ICS and thereby to determine the importance of TCD-detected microemboli in this condition. Seventy-one cases with more than 30% ICS and 10 cases without ICS were studied. TCD monitoring was carried out for an hour at the ipsilateral middle cerebral artery of each case using a 2-MHz pulse-wave transcranial Doppler device. High intensity transient signals were counted as microemboli. Microemboli were detected in 27 of 71 cases with ICS, but not in cases without ICS. Microemboli were detected more frequently in cases with 70% to 99% ICS (53.3%) compared with in cases with 30% to 69% ICS (12.5%). Cerebral infarctions were recognized in the ipsilateral hemisphere in 23 of 27 cases with microemboli (85.2%) by means of MRI. In contrast, cerebral infarctions were recognized only in 21 of 45 cases without microemboli (47.7%). These results suggest that a stenotic lesion of the extracranial internal carotid artery, especially high-grade stenosis, is a major source of cerebral embolism and that detection of microemboli by TCD is a useful tool capable of reliably assessing the risk of cerebral infarction due to ICS.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D002341 Carotid Artery Thrombosis Blood clot formation in any part of the CAROTID ARTERIES. This may produce CAROTID STENOSIS or occlusion of the vessel, leading to TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; or AMAUROSIS FUGAX. Thrombosis, Carotid Artery,Carotid Thrombosis,Common Carotid Artery Thrombosis,External Carotid Artery Thrombosis,Internal Carotid Artery Thrombosis,Thrombosis, Carotid,Thrombosis, Common Carotid Artery,Thrombosis, External Carotid Artery,Thrombosis, Internal Carotid Artery,Carotid Artery Thromboses
D002343 Carotid Artery, Internal Branch of the common carotid artery which supplies the anterior part of the brain, the eye and its appendages, the forehead and nose. Arteries, Internal Carotid,Artery, Internal Carotid,Carotid Arteries, Internal,Internal Carotid Arteries,Internal Carotid Artery
D002544 Cerebral Infarction The formation of an area of NECROSIS in the CEREBRUM caused by an insufficiency of arterial or venous blood flow. Infarcts of the cerebrum are generally classified by hemisphere (i.e., left vs. right), lobe (e.g., frontal lobe infarction), arterial distribution (e.g., INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY), and etiology (e.g., embolic infarction). Anterior Choroidal Artery Infarction,Cerebral Infarct,Infarction, Cerebral,Posterior Choroidal Artery Infarction,Subcortical Infarction,Cerebral Infarction, Left Hemisphere,Cerebral Infarction, Right Hemisphere,Cerebral, Left Hemisphere, Infarction,Cerebral, Right Hemisphere, Infarction,Infarction, Cerebral, Left Hemisphere,Infarction, Cerebral, Right Hemisphere,Infarction, Left Hemisphere, Cerebral,Infarction, Right Hemisphere, Cerebral,Left Hemisphere, Cerebral Infarction,Left Hemisphere, Infarction, Cerebral,Right Hemisphere, Cerebral Infarction,Right Hemisphere, Infarction, Cerebral,Cerebral Infarctions,Cerebral Infarcts,Infarct, Cerebral,Infarction, Subcortical,Infarctions, Cerebral,Infarctions, Subcortical,Infarcts, Cerebral,Subcortical Infarctions
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D012306 Risk The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome. Relative Risk,Relative Risks,Risk, Relative,Risks,Risks, Relative

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