• RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIAMETER OF BRACHIAL ARTERY AND COMMON CAROTID ARTERY IN STROKE PATIENTS

    T. Nishihira, M. Yamamoto, H. Takekawa, K. Suzuki, Y. Asakawa, A. Iwasaki, M. Okamura, K. Hirata
    Dokkyo Medical University – Mibu, Japan

    Objective: Recent studies have suggested increased diameters of the brachial artery may be a useful indicator for subclinical coronary artery diseases, and central artery dilation such as common carotid artery are associated with arteriosclerosis. However it remains unclear in patients with cerebral infarction. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between the diameters of brachial artery (BAD) and common carotid artery (CAD) in patients with cerebral infarction.

    Material and Methods: Thirty-three patients with acute atherothrombotic brain infarction (group ATBI), 33 cardiogenic cerebral embolism (group CE) and 31 normal controls (group NC) were enrolled. BAD and CAD at the end-diastolic phase were measured in each group by ultrasonography. Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Scheffe’s post-hoc test was used to compare differences among three groups.