Association between carotid artery disease and fundus atherosclerosis in ischemic stroke patients
Abstract：Objective To study the association between carotid artery disease and fundus athero‐sclerosis in ischemic stroke patients .Methods One hundred and seventy‐seven ischemic stroke patients underwent head CT/MRI ,carotid artery ultrasonography ,and fundoscopy to assess the severity of their carotid IM T ,carotid artery stenosis and fundus atherosclerosis .Results Among the 177 patients ,no carotid artery disease was detected in 10 patients (5 .6% ) ,carotid artery IM T increased in 22 patients (12 .4% ) ,carotid plaques formed in 121 patients (68 .4% ) ,carotid artery stenosis was found in 24 patients (13 .6% ) ,fundus atherosclerotic lesions were observed in 142 patients (80 .2% ) .Fundus atherosclerosis was associated with increased carotid artery IM T and carotid stenosis (P<0 .05) .However ,different single indicator of fundus atherosclerosis lesions was not associated with carotid artery IMT and carotid stenosis (P>0 .05) .Conclusion Fundus atherosclerosis is associated with carotid artery disease .Fundoscopy can thus be used as an assis‐tant method in assessing systemic vascular condition and in diagnosing carotid artery disease .
Keywords：brain infarctioncarotid stenosisfundus oculiatherosclerosisultrasonography
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1137-1139 )