Secondary damage in left-sided frontal white matter detected by diffusion tensor imaging is correlated with executive dysfunction in patients with acute infarction at the ipsilateral posterior corona radiata

Table 3 Ultrasound parameters of the left and right internal carotid artery (mean ± SD)

Group	Left IMT (mm)		Right IMT (mm)		Left DIA (mm)		Right DIA (mm)		Left SPV (cm/s)		Right SPV (cm/s)		Left EDV (cm/s)		Right EDV (cm/s)
Group	W1	W12	W1	W12	W1	W12	W1	W12	W1	W12	W1	W12	W1	W12	W1	W12
Patients	1.21 ± 0.13	1.22 ± 0.14	1.18 ± 0.09	1.18 ± 0.10	4.86 ± 0.63	4.84 ± 0.61	4.97 ± 0.55	5.02 ± 0.58	61 ± 9.8	65 ± 11.1	58 ± 8.7	60 ± 9.4	24.3 ± 3.8	24.5 ± 3.7	23.9 ± 3.7	24.1 ± 3.8
Controls	1.02 ± 0.19		1.04 ± 0.22		5.20 ± 0.68		5.37 ± 0.73		52 ± 8.5		53 ± 8.3		23.5 ± 5.6		24.0 ± 6.1

Abbreviations: DIA, luminal diameter; EDV, end diastolic velocity; IMT, intima-media thickness; PSV, peak systolic velocity; W1, the first week, W12, the 12th week.
The controls were examined only once when they were recruited.

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