title: Evaluation of extracranial carotid system with duplex scanner HR in hemiplegic patients.
abstract: The aim of this work is to study extracranial carotid lesions and their relation to some risk factors for atherosclerosis, in a large group of hemiplegic patients during rehabilitation treatment. The results indicate that in patients with stabilized ischemic stroke there is a high percentage of positive Duplex Scanner examination. However, the presence of negative patients with hemiplegia leads us, in this case, to look for a carotid lesion placed higher up. The high presence of bilateral atherosclerotic lesions also shows that atherosclerosis is not only a local process. The clinical event may be caused by the type of carotid lesion (as demonstrated by thrombosis or carotid lesions with superficial ulceration contralateral to the hemiplegia).
authors.affiliation: Fondazione Clinica del Lavoro, Centro Medico di Riabilitazione di Montescano, Pavia.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pistarini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gibellini
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Berzolari
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Bardile
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Poggi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Orsi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tangenti
mesh_terms: D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D002537:Intracranial Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014465:Ultrasonics