Reference Values of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography Measurement and Relation with Change Factor

Jung, Jong-an; Cho, Gook-ryung; Kim, Nam-uk; Kang, Chul-sik; Jeon, Sang-yun; Hong, Seok

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine > Volume 28(4); 2007 > Article

Original Article

The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2007;28(4): 709-716.

Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography(TCD)의 참고치와 변화 요인들과의 연관성

정종안, 조국령, 김남욱, 강철식, 전상윤, 홍석

동신대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실

Reference Values of Transcranial Doppler Ultrasonography Measurement and Relation with Change Factor

Jong-an Jung, Gook-ryung Cho, Nam-uk Kim, Chul-sik Kang, Sang-yun Jeon, Seok Hong

Dept. of Internal Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Dongshin University

Correspondence

Sang-yun Jeon ,Tel: 062-330-7207, Fax: 062-350-7551, Email: damiano70@hanmail.net

Published online: December 30, 2007.

ABSTRACT

Objective :
We present reference values of flow velocities of intracranial and extracranial cerebral arteries and relation with change factor.

Method:
We checked transcranial Doppler ultrasonography on mean velocity, systolic velocity, pulsatility index, and resistance index of 252 patients. We also compared differences of change factor.

Result:
The result showed a difference by sex and age and relevance between vessels besides mean velocity of vessels related with past history and social history.

Conclusion:
According to the above results, females showed higher velocity of all vessels. With advancing age, subjects showed reduction in velocity and increase in pulsatility index and resistance index. Anterior cerebral, middle cerebral, and posterior cerebral artery increased in proportion to velocity of internal carotid artery and basilar artery. Vessel velocity correlated with diabetes mellitus, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

Key words: Transcranial doppler ultrasonography(TCD), Reference value, past history, social history