What are the examination items for cerebral arteriosclerosis

People nowadays no longer take the pulse to understand what's wrong with the body as they did in the past, as technology is constantly improving. No matter what physical illness it is, it can be detected through some instruments. As for cerebral arteriosclerosis, it is a disease that has become very common in recent years. Many doctors need to know the test results before treating patients. So let’s find out what are the examination items for cerebral arteriosclerosis?

1. Laboratory examination. There is still a lack of sensitive and specific early laboratory diagnostic methods for this disease. Most patients have abnormal lipid metabolism, mainly manifested as increased total cholesterol, increased LDL cholesterol, decreased HDL cholesterol, increased blood triglycerides, increased lipoproteins, increased apolipoprotein B, decreased apolipoprotein A, increased lipoproteins, and abnormal lipoprotein electrophoresis patterns. More than 90% of patients show type II or IV hyperlipoproteinemia.

2. X-ray examination. In addition to the aforementioned manifestations of aortic atherosclerosis, selective or computerized digital subtraction arteriography can show the luminal stenosis or aneurysm lesions caused by atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries, cerebral arteries, renal arteries, mesenteric arteries and limb arteries, as well as the location, extent and degree of the lesions, which helps to determine the indications for surgical treatment and choose the method of surgery.

3. Doppler ultrasound examination. It helps to determine the blood flow in the limb arteries and renal arteries.

4. Intravascular ultrasound and angioscopy are methods of directly observing atherosclerotic lesions from within the arterial cavity.

5. Radionuclide examination. It helps to understand the blood supply to brain, heart and kidney tissues.

6. The characteristic changes shown by echocardiography, electrocardiography and stress tests are helpful in diagnosing coronary atherosclerosis.

7. The reasons were not elaborated. Cerebral arteriosclerosis can cause acute cerebral circulatory disorders such as TCIA and stroke, as well as symptoms of chronic cerebral ischemia. The symptoms and signs are different from those of TCIA, stroke, and vascular dementia. When there is a history of TCIA or mild stroke but no obvious sequelae, it is more appropriate to diagnose cerebral arteriosclerosis. Therefore, the diagnosis of cerebral arteriosclerosis still needs to be retained, which is helpful in reminding patients and doctors to prevent and treat stroke early.

After reading the detailed introduction in the article, everyone has a detailed understanding of what the examination items for cerebral arteriosclerosis are. In fact, the examination of cerebral arteriosclerosis in life is quite complicated, but I still want to tell everyone to check it according to the doctor's instructions, so that you can better treat the disease.