Prevalence of intracranial artery stenosis in Iranian patients with acute ischemic stroke using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography.

Abdolhamid Shariat, Leila Niknam, Sadegh Izadi, Alireza Salehi

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Article in Iranian journal of neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Frequency, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis in Stroke Patients From the Southern Region of Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2023
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Prevalence of Intracranial Artery Stenosis in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Tertiary Care Hospital of China.JNMA; journal of the Nepal Medical Association · 2020
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Abdolhamid ShariatShiraz Neuroscience Research Center, Clinical Neurology Research Center, Department of Neurology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Leila NiknamClinical Neurology Research Center, Department of Neurology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Sadegh IzadiShiraz Neuroscience Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Alireza SalehiDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

backgroundThe aim of this study is to determine the frequency of intracranial artery stenosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke in Iran.

methodsA total of 169 patients with acute ischemic stroke were eligible to participate and were enrolled in this study from January 2012 to February 2013. All the patients were admitted to the Nemazee ‎Hospital, affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. They underwent transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasonography. Mean flow velocity (MFV) of basilar artery, vertebral artery, middle cerebral artery (MCA), anterior cerebral artery (ACA), and posterior cerebral artery (PCA) were evaluated.

resultsA mean of patients' age was 67.80 ± 8.14 years. There were 83 men (49.1%) and 86 women (50.9%). Overall, 43 patients (25.4%), with a mean age of 66.7 ± 6.2 years, had intracranial stenosis. The number of men and women with intracranial stenosis was comparable (52.4% men vs. 47.6% women). Hypertension (P < 0.001), hyperlipidemia (P < 0.001), and diabetes mellitus (DM) (P < 0.001) were major risk factors for intracranial stenosis.

conclusionThe prevalence of intracranial artery stenosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke is 25.4% which is comparable with previous reports from Iran and other Middle East countries.

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AtherosclerosisIntracranial ArteriesIschemic StrokeTranscranial Doppler Ultrasonography

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