Review article

Ultrasound diagnostics of carotid and vertebral arteries

NADA ČOVIČKOVIĆ ŠTERNIĆ ; Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Dr Subotica 6, Belgrade, Serbia
A. M. PAVLOVIĆ ; Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Dr Subotica 6, Belgrade, Serbia
A. PODGORAĆ ; Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Dr Subotica 6, Belgrade, Serbia
Z. JOVANOVIĆ ; Neurology Clinic, Clinical Center of Serbia, Dr Subotica 6, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

Stroke is the third leading cause of death and themain cause ofmajor
disability worldwide.Each yearmore than 700,000 people experience
a new or recurrent stroke and on average someone dies every 4min of
a stroke (1). In Serbia stroke is the first cause of death among women
and the second one among men.

While the percentage of strokes attributed to carotid disease is relatively
low, the overall social and economic burden is high (2). It is, therefore, important to identify and manage carotid atherosclerosis with the aim of stroke prevention.

The presence of an atherosclerotic lesion in the carotid bulb or in the
extracranial internal carotid artery (ICA) is associated with elevated
stroke risk (3). Severalmechanisms are attributable to the increased risk
of cerebrovascular events including decrease in the blood flow resulting
from critical stenosis or occlusion, or the stenotic lesion can also be the
source of thromboembolic events.

In this article the authors are going to focus on some important
aspects of ultrasound diagnostics of extracranial parts of brain arteries.

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Hrčak ID:

96734

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/96734

Publication date:

30.9.2012.

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