[Early B-scan sonographic recognition of extracranial carotid atherosclerosis in patients at risk and its significance from the preventive medicine viewpoint].
High-resolution 10 Mhz sonography was performed on 27 hypertensive patients, 24 diabetics, 39 hypertensive diabetics and 23 normal people in order to demonstrate asymptomatic arteriosclerotic lesions of the extra-cranial carotid artery. Compared with normal controls, diabetics and hypertensives showed increased vessel wall thickness, but only patients with hypertension showed a higher frequency of plaques and relevant carotid stenoses. The left carotid artery is involved more often. On the basis of these results, it appears that the use of B-scan sonography as a preventive measure should be limited to the high-risk hypertensive population.
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Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
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D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000473:pathology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
B-Scan-sonographische Früherkennung der extrakraniellen Karotis-Atherosklerose bei Risikopatienten und ihre Bedeutung aus präventivmedizinischer Sicht.