Study on the correlation between carotid artery lesion and fundus arteriosclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction

Abstract

AIM: To investigate the correlation between carotid artery disease and fundus arteriosclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction. METHODS: Totally 120 patients with acute cerebral infarction were randomly divided into two groups. The patients were diagnosed with bilateral carotid artery and non-mydriatic fundus camera. Fouty-two patients transient ischaemic attack(TIA)underwent cerebral angiography. The data were recorded for analysis. RESULTS: The degree of fundus arteriosclerosis in patients with cerebral infarction was positively correlated with blood pressure(r=0.361, P=0.015). There was a significant correlation between retinal arteriosclerosis grade and carotid atherosclerosis(r=0.392, P=0.011). The degree of fundus arteriosclerosis was correlated with cerebral arteriolar lesion, higher than it with carotid artery disease(r=0.465, 0.392, P=0.037). CONCLUSION: Carotid arteriosclerosis, fundus arteriosclerosis and cerebral arteriolar lesions in patients with cerebral infarction have a significant correlation with hypertension, and fundus arterial examination has important clinical value in judging cerebral arteriosclerosis.

Keywords

• cerebral infarction
• carotid artery disease
• fundus arteriosclerosis
• fundus arteriosclerosis