Investigation of Carotid Stenosis and Blood Flow in Patients with Middle Cerebral Artery Thrombosis and Embolism by Duplex Ultrasonography

Investigation of Carotid Stenosis and Blood Flow in Patients with Middle Cerebral Artery Thrombosis and Embolism by Duplex Ultrasonography Takao URABE, M.D., Tadatoshi KOMIYA, M.D., Manabu KUDO, M.D., Yoshikuni MIZUNO, M.D. Department of Neurology, Juntendo University School of Medicine (Received 9 December 1992, Accepted 17 May 1993) AbstractWe used duplex ultrasonography to evaluate extracranial carotid artery lesion and common carotid blood flow in 249 patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease. The equipment used was the EUB-415 (Hitachi Medico) with a 7.5 MHz linear type probe with an attached 20•Kcoupler. We investigated the relation between carotid artery stenosis (%Stenosis) and end-diastolic flow velocity (%Dec-Ved). We also investigated the