CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSTIC PLAQUE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS WITH HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY

Abstract

As the incidence of ischemic cerebrovascular disease increases continuously over the years, carotid atherosclerosis as an important dangerous factor has drawn a lot of attention from many experts and scholars. To explore the clinical significance of high resolution magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in carotid atherosclerosis and ischemic cerebrovascular disease, a group contrasting method was adopted. One hundred patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease and 100 patients without ischemic cerebrovascular disease were taken as observation group and control group, respectively. High resolution MRA was used for examining and observing the development of carotid atherosclerostic plaque in patients in the two groups. We found that the proportion of carotid atherosclerostic plaque in the experimental group and control group had statistical difference (P<0.05); and the proportion of carotid atherosclerostic plaque in patients over 60 years of age was higher than in patients under 60 years, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The proportion of carotid atherosclerostic plaque in patients with high blood pressure was also higher than in patients without high blood pressure, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Moreover, the proportion of carotid atherosclerostic plaque in patients with hyperlipidemia was higher than in patients without hyperlipidemia, and the differences were statistically significant (P<0.05). We can therefrore draw a conclusion that the development of carotid atherosclerostic plaque affects the occurrence of ischemic cerebrovascular disease, which is related to patients age, level of blood pressure and blood lipids. In addition, high resolution MRA is helpful to early discovery of the formation of carotid atherosclerostic plaque.