Carotid Doppler Ultrasound in Stroke Patients.

Most of these stroke patients had carotid pathology. Many of them had normal carotid velocity, but increasing intima-media thickness and plaque of varying morphology. There were varying degrees of vessel stenosis ranging from no significant stenosis to more than 50% stenosis, 50 to 69% stenosis, more than 70% stenosis, near occlusion and total occlusion.