牛磺酸治疗高同型半胱氨酸脑梗死患者动脉粥样硬化的临床观察

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of taurine on atherosclerosis in patients with hyperhomocysteinemia (Hhcy)-induced cerebral infarction (CI). Methods Forty patients with CI induced by Hhcy were randomizod into two equal groups to receive taurine injections or folacin plus vitamin B12 treatment for 6 months. Color Doppler ultrasound was performed to examine the intima-media thickness (IMT) and the plaques in the carotid artery before and after the treatment. Blood samples were obtained from the patients to determine the changes in plasma homocysteic acid (Hcy) level using high-pressure liquid chromatography. Results Both taurine injections and folacin plus vitamin BI2 treatment for 6 months resulted in a significant reduction in the IMT of the carotid artery (P<0.05), but taurine caused a significantly greater reduction (0.551 mm vs 0.372 mm, P<0.05). Taurine also showed a better effect than folacin plus vitamin B12 in decreasing the number of atherosclcrotic plaques (P<0.05). Taurine treatment significantly decreased the plasma Hcy level as compared with the level before treatment (19.316±2.240 μmol/L v, 29.832±7.750 μmol/L, P<0.05). Conclusions Taurine has better therapeutic effect than folacin plus vitamine B12 oil atherosclerosis and helps control plasma Hcy level in patients with Hhcy-induced CI.     

Significance of ultrasound evaluation of carotid atherosclerotic plaque for diagnosing ischemic cerebrovascular disease

BACKGROUND: Carotid artery is the main source for craniocerebral blood supply. Its intimal plaque formation and arterial stenosis degree both are the risk factors for ischemic cerebrovascular disease. Therefore, the close relationship of carotid atherosclerotic plaque and ischemic cerebrovascular disease, and ultrasound evaluation of carotid atherosclerotic plaque have become the hot spot in studying ischemic cerebrovascular disease. OBJECTIVE: This study was to detect the degree of carotid atherosclerosis of ischemic cerebrovascular disease patients by ultrasonography, and to analyze the situation of carotid atherosclerosis and its relationship with clinic. DESIGN: Clinical randomized concurrent control experiment. SETTING: Lintong Convalescent Hospital of Lanzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA. PARTICIPANTS: Totally 60 outpatients and inpatients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease, 42 males and 18 females, admitted to Lintong Convalescent Hospital of Lanzhou Military Area Command of Chinese PLA between January 2006 and December 2006 were involved in the patient group. They met the diagnosis criteria of ischemic cerebrovascular disease constituted by the 4th Cerebrovascular Disease Conference in 1996, and were confirmed to suffer from ischemic cerebrovascular disease by skull CT and MRI. Another 20 subjects who received healthy examination concurrently in the same hospital, 12 males and 8 females, were involved in the control group. Informed consents of detected items were obtained from involved subjects. METHODS: The plaque thickness of mid portion, distal end and crotch of common carotid artery (CCA), internal carotid artery (ICA), external carotid artery (ECA) and vertebral artery (VA) of involved subjects, who received health examination was separately detected with color Doppler ultrasonograph (HDI-5000). Then, total integral of plaque was calculated. The intima-media thickness (IMT) was measured with two-dimensional ultrasonography. The inner diameter stenosis degree of subjects who had plaque was measured. Blood flow parameters were recorded, and stenosis degree and plaque area were calculated. Blood flow volume of bilateral carotid artery and VA was separately measured with ultrasound equipment software, and brain blood flow volume was calculated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Atherosclerotic degree and blood flow volume of patients of two groups. RESULTS: Sixty patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease and twenty subjects who received health examination participated in the final analysis. ①The IMT thickness, total plaque score, and total plaque area of patient group was significantly superior to that of control group, respectively（t=5.216–10.158，P < 0.05）. ② There were significant differences in the stenosis degree of CCA, ICA and VA between patient group and control group （t=6.720–12.816，P < 0.05）. ③ The blood flow volume of CCA, ICA, VA and brain of patient group was significantly lower than that of control group, respectively (t=2.872–10.860, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Ischemic cerebrovascular disease patients have different degrees of changes in atherosclerosis and arterial blood flow.     

脑梗死患者颅内大动脉支架置入术前后vWF水平变化与血管狭窄程度的关系研究

Objective To understand the correlation between plasma von Wilebrand factor (vWF) changes after stenting and the degree of preoperative intracranial major artery stenosis in patients with acute atherosclerotie cerebral infarction. Methods This study involved 38 consecutive patients with acute cerebral infarction due to intracranial major artery atherosclerosis, who were admitted between February and October 2008 and underwent stent placement in the stenotic arteries. Thirty healthy volunteers were also recruited to serve as the control group. The patients were divided into severe stenosis group (with stenosis of the intracranial major artery≥70%) and non-severe stenosis groups. Venous blood samples were obtained from the subjects on the morning of the first and 7th days after admission to measure the plasma levels of vWF using sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The plasma levels of vWF were significantly higher in patients with acute cerebral infarction than in the control group(P=0.000). Compared with those with non-severe stenosis, the patients with severe stenosis exhibited significantly higher plasma levels of vWF (P=0.015) and greater vWF variation after stent placement (P=0.000). Conclusions In patients with acute atherosclerotic cerebral infarction due to severe intracranial major artery stenosis, the plasma levels of vWF and its postoperative variation are positively correlated to the degree of senosis of the culprit arteries, and severer stenosis is associated with greater postoperative damage of the vascular endothelium.     

脑梗死患者颅内大动脉支架置入术前后vWF水平变化与血管狭窄程度的关系研究

Objective To understand the correlation between plasma von Wilebrand factor (vWF) changes after stenting and the degree of preoperative intracranial major artery stenosis in patients with acute atherosclerotie cerebral infarction. Methods This study involved 38 consecutive patients with acute cerebral infarction due to intracranial major artery atherosclerosis, who were admitted between February and October 2008 and underwent stent placement in the stenotic arteries. Thirty healthy volunteers were also recruited to serve as the control group. The patients were divided into severe stenosis group (with stenosis of the intracranial major artery≥70%) and non-severe stenosis groups. Venous blood samples were obtained from the subjects on the morning of the first and 7th days after admission to measure the plasma levels of vWF using sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The plasma levels of vWF were significantly higher in patients with acute cerebral infarction than in the control group(P=0.000). Compared with those with non-severe stenosis, the patients with severe stenosis exhibited significantly higher plasma levels of vWF (P=0.015) and greater vWF variation after stent placement (P=0.000). Conclusions In patients with acute atherosclerotic cerebral infarction due to severe intracranial major artery stenosis, the plasma levels of vWF and its postoperative variation are positively correlated to the degree of senosis of the culprit arteries, and severer stenosis is associated with greater postoperative damage of the vascular endothelium.     

脑梗死患者颅内大动脉支架置入术前后vWF水平变化与血管狭窄程度的关系研究

Objective To understand the correlation between plasma von Wilebrand factor (vWF) changes after stenting and the degree of preoperative intracranial major artery stenosis in patients with acute atherosclerotie cerebral infarction. Methods This study involved 38 consecutive patients with acute cerebral infarction due to intracranial major artery atherosclerosis, who were admitted between February and October 2008 and underwent stent placement in the stenotic arteries. Thirty healthy volunteers were also recruited to serve as the control group. The patients were divided into severe stenosis group (with stenosis of the intracranial major artery≥70%) and non-severe stenosis groups. Venous blood samples were obtained from the subjects on the morning of the first and 7th days after admission to measure the plasma levels of vWF using sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The plasma levels of vWF were significantly higher in patients with acute cerebral infarction than in the control group(P=0.000). Compared with those with non-severe stenosis, the patients with severe stenosis exhibited significantly higher plasma levels of vWF (P=0.015) and greater vWF variation after stent placement (P=0.000). Conclusions In patients with acute atherosclerotic cerebral infarction due to severe intracranial major artery stenosis, the plasma levels of vWF and its postoperative variation are positively correlated to the degree of senosis of the culprit arteries, and severer stenosis is associated with greater postoperative damage of the vascular endothelium.     

脑梗死患者颅内大动脉支架置入术前后vWF水平变化与血管狭窄程度的关系研究

Objective To understand the correlation between plasma von Wilebrand factor (vWF) changes after stenting and the degree of preoperative intracranial major artery stenosis in patients with acute atherosclerotie cerebral infarction. Methods This study involved 38 consecutive patients with acute cerebral infarction due to intracranial major artery atherosclerosis, who were admitted between February and October 2008 and underwent stent placement in the stenotic arteries. Thirty healthy volunteers were also recruited to serve as the control group. The patients were divided into severe stenosis group (with stenosis of the intracranial major artery≥70%) and non-severe stenosis groups. Venous blood samples were obtained from the subjects on the morning of the first and 7th days after admission to measure the plasma levels of vWF using sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The plasma levels of vWF were significantly higher in patients with acute cerebral infarction than in the control group(P=0.000). Compared with those with non-severe stenosis, the patients with severe stenosis exhibited significantly higher plasma levels of vWF (P=0.015) and greater vWF variation after stent placement (P=0.000). Conclusions In patients with acute atherosclerotic cerebral infarction due to severe intracranial major artery stenosis, the plasma levels of vWF and its postoperative variation are positively correlated to the degree of senosis of the culprit arteries, and severer stenosis is associated with greater postoperative damage of the vascular endothelium.     

脑梗死患者颅内大动脉支架置入术前后vWF水平变化与血管狭窄程度的关系研究

Objective To understand the correlation between plasma von Wilebrand factor (vWF) changes after stenting and the degree of preoperative intracranial major artery stenosis in patients with acute atherosclerotie cerebral infarction. Methods This study involved 38 consecutive patients with acute cerebral infarction due to intracranial major artery atherosclerosis, who were admitted between February and October 2008 and underwent stent placement in the stenotic arteries. Thirty healthy volunteers were also recruited to serve as the control group. The patients were divided into severe stenosis group (with stenosis of the intracranial major artery≥70%) and non-severe stenosis groups. Venous blood samples were obtained from the subjects on the morning of the first and 7th days after admission to measure the plasma levels of vWF using sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The plasma levels of vWF were significantly higher in patients with acute cerebral infarction than in the control group(P=0.000). Compared with those with non-severe stenosis, the patients with severe stenosis exhibited significantly higher plasma levels of vWF (P=0.015) and greater vWF variation after stent placement (P=0.000). Conclusions In patients with acute atherosclerotic cerebral infarction due to severe intracranial major artery stenosis, the plasma levels of vWF and its postoperative variation are positively correlated to the degree of senosis of the culprit arteries, and severer stenosis is associated with greater postoperative damage of the vascular endothelium.     

脑梗死患者颅内大动脉支架置入术前后vWF水平变化与血管狭窄程度的关系研究

Objective To understand the correlation between plasma von Wilebrand factor (vWF) changes after stenting and the degree of preoperative intracranial major artery stenosis in patients with acute atherosclerotie cerebral infarction. Methods This study involved 38 consecutive patients with acute cerebral infarction due to intracranial major artery atherosclerosis, who were admitted between February and October 2008 and underwent stent placement in the stenotic arteries. Thirty healthy volunteers were also recruited to serve as the control group. The patients were divided into severe stenosis group (with stenosis of the intracranial major artery≥70%) and non-severe stenosis groups. Venous blood samples were obtained from the subjects on the morning of the first and 7th days after admission to measure the plasma levels of vWF using sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The plasma levels of vWF were significantly higher in patients with acute cerebral infarction than in the control group(P=0.000). Compared with those with non-severe stenosis, the patients with severe stenosis exhibited significantly higher plasma levels of vWF (P=0.015) and greater vWF variation after stent placement (P=0.000). Conclusions In patients with acute atherosclerotic cerebral infarction due to severe intracranial major artery stenosis, the plasma levels of vWF and its postoperative variation are positively correlated to the degree of senosis of the culprit arteries, and severer stenosis is associated with greater postoperative damage of the vascular endothelium.     

脑梗死患者颅内大动脉支架置入术前后vWF水平变化与血管狭窄程度的关系研究

Objective To understand the correlation between plasma von Wilebrand factor (vWF) changes after stenting and the degree of preoperative intracranial major artery stenosis in patients with acute atherosclerotie cerebral infarction. Methods This study involved 38 consecutive patients with acute cerebral infarction due to intracranial major artery atherosclerosis, who were admitted between February and October 2008 and underwent stent placement in the stenotic arteries. Thirty healthy volunteers were also recruited to serve as the control group. The patients were divided into severe stenosis group (with stenosis of the intracranial major artery≥70%) and non-severe stenosis groups. Venous blood samples were obtained from the subjects on the morning of the first and 7th days after admission to measure the plasma levels of vWF using sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The plasma levels of vWF were significantly higher in patients with acute cerebral infarction than in the control group(P=0.000). Compared with those with non-severe stenosis, the patients with severe stenosis exhibited significantly higher plasma levels of vWF (P=0.015) and greater vWF variation after stent placement (P=0.000). Conclusions In patients with acute atherosclerotic cerebral infarction due to severe intracranial major artery stenosis, the plasma levels of vWF and its postoperative variation are positively correlated to the degree of senosis of the culprit arteries, and severer stenosis is associated with greater postoperative damage of the vascular endothelium.     

脑梗死患者颅内大动脉支架置入术前后vWF水平变化与血管狭窄程度的关系研究

Objective To understand the correlation between plasma von Wilebrand factor (vWF) changes after stenting and the degree of preoperative intracranial major artery stenosis in patients with acute atherosclerotie cerebral infarction. Methods This study involved 38 consecutive patients with acute cerebral infarction due to intracranial major artery atherosclerosis, who were admitted between February and October 2008 and underwent stent placement in the stenotic arteries. Thirty healthy volunteers were also recruited to serve as the control group. The patients were divided into severe stenosis group (with stenosis of the intracranial major artery≥70%) and non-severe stenosis groups. Venous blood samples were obtained from the subjects on the morning of the first and 7th days after admission to measure the plasma levels of vWF using sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Results The plasma levels of vWF were significantly higher in patients with acute cerebral infarction than in the control group(P=0.000). Compared with those with non-severe stenosis, the patients with severe stenosis exhibited significantly higher plasma levels of vWF (P=0.015) and greater vWF variation after stent placement (P=0.000). Conclusions In patients with acute atherosclerotic cerebral infarction due to severe intracranial major artery stenosis, the plasma levels of vWF and its postoperative variation are positively correlated to the degree of senosis of the culprit arteries, and severer stenosis is associated with greater postoperative damage of the vascular endothelium.     

Hhcy对缺血性脑卒中患者再发缺血性血管事件及相关死亡事件的影响

目的探讨高同型半胱氨酸血症(hyperhom ocysteinemia,Hhcy)对缺血性卒中(IS)患者再发、死亡及冠状动脉和外周动脉缺血性事件发生的影响,为进一步对缺血性血管病的综合干预提供依据。方法检测245例IS患者空腹血浆同型半胱氨酸(Hcy)水平,并参照同期选取的52例健康体检者为对照者按血浆Hcy水平将其分为Hhcy组和非Hhcy组,追踪观察两组患者IS再发、死亡及冠状动脉和外周动脉缺血事件的发生情况。结果其中Hhcy组IS再发率(52.63%)显著高于非Hhcy组(24.67%)(P<0.01);死亡事件发生率(12.63%)亦显著高于非Hhcy组(3.33%)(P<0.01);冠脉缺血事件发生率(18.95%)明显高于非Hhcy组(10.00%)(P<0.05);外周动脉缺血事件发生率两组分别为5.26%和2.67%,差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);并发2种以上缺血性事件的患者Hhcy组(17.89%)显著多于非Hhcy组(5.33%)(P<0.01);Hhcy组患者5年内缺血性血管事件发生率(57.89%)显著高于非Hhcy组(32.00%)(P<0.01);Logistic回归分析发现,Hcy升高是IS患者缺血性血管事件再发的独立危险因素(OR分别为1.174;95%CI1.119~1.233;P<0.05)。结论 Hhcy与IS患者缺血性血管事件再发及死亡预后密切相关。     

颈内动脉系统TIA型脑梗死与高同型半胱氨酸血症关系的临床研究

目的 探讨血同型半胱氨酸水平与颈内动脉系统短暂性脑缺血发作(transient ischemic attack,TIA)及颈内动脉系统短暂性脑缺血发作(TIA型)脑梗死的关系.方法 对颈内动脉系统TIA及颈内动脉系统TIA型脑梗死的患者血同型半胱氨酸水平进行分析.结果 颈内动脉系统TIA型脑梗死患者血同型半胱氨酸水平高于颈内动脉系统TIA患者,且两组患者的血同型半胱氨酸水平水平均高于对照组.结论 高同型半胱氨酸血症与颈内动脉系统短暂性脑缺血发作相关,且其升高水平与是否进展为脑梗死有关.     

TIA患者颈动脉狭窄与临床症状发作的相关性

目的探讨频发型短暂性脑缺血发作(TIA)与症状相关侧颈动脉狭窄程度的相关性。方法应用颈动脉超声、经颅彩色多普勒超声联合对114例颈内动脉系统TIA患者进行检查,按照患者首次发作到入院当天(时间范围<7d)的TIA发作次数分为非频发组TIA(发作次数<3次)和频发组TIA(发作次数≥3次),以及按患者TIA发病年龄分>50岁组和≤50岁组,比较频发组与非频发组,以及各年龄段组间患者责任侧颈动脉狭窄程度发生情况。结果①TIA频发组的责任侧颈动脉发生狭窄以及中重度狭窄的发生率高于非频发组(P<0.05);②114例TIA患者以50～79岁居多,且重度狭窄及闭塞发生率随年龄增长而呈升高的趋势,但差异无统计学意义(P>0.05)。结论颈动脉系TIA频发作与颈动脉血管狭窄程度相关,颈动脉狭窄是发生颈动脉系TIA的重要因素。     

The role of vertebral and internal carotid artery disease in the pathogenesis of vertebrobasilar transient ischemic attacks

Summary Color-coded duplex sonography has improved the evaluation of the hemodynamics of the vertebral arteries (VA). A reliable differentiation between a normal vessel, hypoplasia, stenosis and occlusion of VA can now be made. We studied two groups of patients in a prospective study with isolated carotid artery disease (n=48), and with a combination of carotid and vertebral artery disease (n=14), to determine the role of VA in the pathogenesis of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) in the vertebrobasilar system. Apart from the existing arteriosclerotic changes of the internal carotid arteries, the condition of the VA was of importance for the occurrence of TIAs in the vertebrobasilar territory. We found that 8% of the patients with isolated hemodynamically relevant stenosis or occlusion of one or both internal carotid arteries had a TIA in the vertebrobasilar territory. Patients with combined carotid and vertebral artery disease had an increase of TIAs in the same region in 71%. The high rate of TIAs in this group might be attributed to the combined effect of carotid and vertebral artery disease, as a third group (n=30) with isolated vertebral artery disease showed TIAs in only 13%.     

Clinical significance of the ophthalmic artery in carotid artery disease

A total of 141 subjects with tight stenosis (≥75%) or occlusion of internal carotid artery were followed up at intervals 3–6 months regularly for 40 ± 16 months. The direction of ophthalmic artery flow was used as a parameter of risk indicator on cerebral ischemic events. Eleven patients with bilateral carotid tight stenosis/occlusion were excluded in the analysis. Thus, the 130 carotid arteries were divided into three groups: (1) carotid artery with ipsilateral hemispheric TIA or stroke (85 patients), (2) carotid arteries with contralateral hemispheric TIA/stroke or VBI (15 patients), and (3) carotid arteries of asymptomatic patients (30 patients). The symptomatic carotid artery group (group 1) had significantly more often reversed ophthalmic flow than the other two groups (group 2 and 3, p < 0.001). During follow-up prospectively for four years, 41 patients had cerebral ischemic events, three had cardiac ischemic events and six died of malignancy. Patients with reversed OA flow had more often subsequent cerebral ischemic events than those with forward flow (27 vs 14, p = 0.010). However, the difference remained significant only in the asymptomatic patients (group 3, 4 vs 0, P < 0.001), not for groups 1 and 2, after further analysis. Our work supported that the clinical role of ophthalmic artery collateral varied between asymptomatic and symptomatic patients.     

频发短暂性脑缺血发作与颅内外血管病变的相关性

目的 探讨症状相关侧血管狭窄程度、颈动脉斑块性质与频发短暂性脑缺血发作(TIA)的相关性.方法 应用DSA和颈动脉超声、经颅彩色多普勒超声联合对79例急性期(7 d内)颈内动脉系统TIA患者进行检查,按照患者首次发作至入院当天(时间范围≤7 d)的TIA发作次数分为TIA缓解组(发作次数＜3次)和TIA频发组(发作次数≥3次),比较两组间症状相关侧血管狭窄程度、颈动脉斑块性质的差异.结果 颈内动脉系统TIA患者的血管病变以颅内病变为主,以大脑中动脉病变最为多见(51.2%),颈内动脉颅外段次之(37.2%).TIA频发组与TIA缓解组相比,发作时间短暂(≤10 min),两组差异有统计学意义(x2=5.343,P=0.021).TIA频发组症状相关侧血管≥50%狭窄比例(66.7%)明显高于TIA缓解组(35.3%,x2=7.655,P=0.006).症状相关侧颈动脉斑块性质与频发TIA无相关性(x2=0.939,P=0.332).结论 频发TIA发作时间短暂且与症状相关侧血管中重度狭窄(≥50%)相关,其发病机制可能主要与血流动力学因素有关.     

Internal carotid artery occlusion: clinical and therapeutic implications

Five hundred patients referred to the Cerebrovascular Clinic of the Johannesburg Hospital were examined by a battery of noninvasive tests and angiography. Thirty four occlusions of the internal carotid artery were found in 32 patients. These patients were prospectively evaluated, including clinical examination, analysis of risk factors and subsequent management. This group of patients was followed up for a mean period of 18 months, and the clinical and laboratory findings and follow up data of this group were compared to an age and sex matched group of patients with matched presenting symptoms, but with patent internal carotid arteries on angiography. Four clinical patterns emerged in the patients with occluded carotid arteries; asymptomatic (3), TIA's (17), initial fixed stroke (7), and TIA with subsequent stroke (5). Follow up of the occluded group revealed 19 patients (59%) with no further symptoms and no indication for surgical intervention. Nine patients required surgery; 4 external carotid endarterectomies (ipsilateral), 4 internal carotid endarterectomies (contralateral), and one extracranial to intracranial bypass. Two were lost to follow up and one died. After 18 months mean follow up 29 patients (91%) were well and asymptomatic. Follow up for a similar period of the non-occluded group revealed three deaths, three late strokes and three myocardial infarctions. None were lost to follow up. After 19 months mean follow up 26 patients (81%) were well with no new neurological symptoms. The prognosis of appropriately treated patients with total occlusion of the internal carotid artery does not appear to be worse than in patients with similar presenting features and patent carotid arteries.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Pulsed Doppler: an evaluation of diameter, blood velocity and blood flow of the common carotid artery in patients with isolated unilateral stenosis of the internal carotid artery

Arterial diameter, blood velocity and blood flow of both common carotid arteries were studied in 24 patients with isolated unilateral internal carotid artery stenosis, without any other significant lesion of the carotid system. The methodology used a pulsed Doppler system with two original characteristics: an adjustable range-gated system and a double transducer probe enabling both the arterial diameter and blood velocity to be evaluated. On the involved side, the diameter, the blood velocity and the blood flow were significantly reduced (p less than 0.001) in comparison with the opposite side. The degree of the internal carotid artery stenosis judged on arteriography was negatively correlated with (i) the blood flow of the common carotid artery homolateral to the stenosis (r = -0.78, p less than 0.001); and (ii) the ratio of the common carotid artery blood flow between the involved and the opposite side (r = -0.80, p less than 0.001). The proposed quantitative evaluation can be suitable for the detection and for the follow up of patients with stenosis of the internal carotid artery who do not have any other lesion of the carotid system.     

Carotid and vertebrobasilar transient ischemic attacks: clinical and angiographic correlation

Carotid and vertebrobasilar transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) were clinically and angiographically correlated in 85 patients who had four-vessel angiography within 2 weeks after a TIA. The patients were divided into carotid and vertebrobasilar groups by clinical criteria. In the correlations of symptoms with arteriography, lesions of the contralateral internal carotid artery were observed in 54 percent of the patients. Of 39 patients with vertebrobasilar symptoms, 34 percent also had one carotid lesion and six patients had combinations of symptoms of both carotid and vertebrobasilar disease. In correlation with carotid bruits of the 85 patients, bruits were heard over one carotid artery in 42 percent. Subclavian bruits were heard in 47 percent of the patients with vertebrobasilar symptomatology. TIAs owing to arteriosclerosis of the cervical arteries occurred in 85 percent of the patients, but there was no significant difference in the incidence of atherosclerosis-induced TIA in the carotid and vertebrobasilar systems. For accurate population surveys of the prevalence of TIAs, and for clinical decisions, proper categorization of patients is necessary.     

颈动脉狭窄的诊断与治疗

目的 研究颈动脉狭窄的诊断与治疗方法。方法 选择短暂性脑缺血性发作(TIA)患者行全脑血管造影,了解血管病变部位和狭窄程度。颈动脉狭窄<50％者行颈动脉注射尿激酶治疗;颈动脉狭窄>50％者行颈动脉内膜剥脱手术或血管内支架置入治疗。结果 4年来58例TIA患者中,发现颈动脉狭窄16例,其中狭窄<50％者8例经尿激酶颈动脉注射治疗后,TIA终止;狭窄>70%者8例,其中1例动脉粥样硬化斑块性狭窄行颈动脉内膜剥脱术,5例动脉粥样硬化斑块性狭窄、1例多发性大动脉炎及1例颈动脉夹层动脉瘤均行自膨式支架置入治疗。7例患者8处病变共置入自膨式支架12枚,治疗效果良好,随访3～20个月无再狭窄发生。结论 颈动脉狭窄是TIA发作的重要原因,而颈动脉内膜剥脱术和支架置入是治疗颈动脉狭窄的有效手段。