Acta
Medica Medianae
Vol. 39
Number 1, Januar, 2000
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478
Kontakt:
Zorica PETKOVIĆ
Institute for Radiology of the Clinic Center
18000 Niš
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COLOR DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY IN THE
DIAGNOSTIC OF THE CAROTID OCCLUSIVE DISEASE
Zorica PETKOVIĆ, Slobodan MILATOVIĆ, Sonja
TASIĆ, Vesna MILOJKOVIĆ, Petar BOŠNJAKOVIĆ and Vesna ILIĆ
Institute for
Radiology of the Clinic Center, Niš
The carotid disease represents a
long and malignant process that lasts for vears before manifesting its
clinic symptoms. This disease is in 30 out of 90% of cases the source of the
embolus, that is, the cause of the cerebrovascular insult. The aim of the
modern medicine is to diagnose the disease and to cure it in order to avoid
the catastrophic consequences of the insult. The paper gives a description
of the presence
of morphological and hemodynamic changes in 1205 patients. The examination
of the carotid arteries was made by the radiologist at the Institute for
Radiology in Niš by the linear probe of 7,5 MHz at the apparatus Acuson 128
xp. The results of the examination done in the time interval from January,
3, 1996 to November, 18, 1996 have been made; thus, 47,63% of the examined
were of male, while 52,26% of female sex. The most present were the patients
of the group from 45 to 65 years of age. In 469 (38,92%) there were
morphological changes on the common carotid artery or to the accessible part
of the branches. In 166 (35,38%) the atheromatic lesions was present at one
side, while in 64,62% the changes were at both sides. In 6 (1,4%) of the
patients the occlusion of one of the branches of the carotid artery was
diagnosed, while in another one the occlusion of the common carotid artery
was diagnosed.
Key Words: Color doppler sonography, carotid occlusive disease,
diagnosis |