Schulte B P, Bomhof M A, Aarts N J
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1975;78(2):118-30. doi: 10.1016/s0303-8467(75)80019-9.
Some 60% of strokes are due to extracranial occlusive arterial lesions, most frequently at the bifurcation of the common carotid artery. Since these lesions are accessible to endarterectomy, their prestroke diagnosis is very important. Facial thermography quickly supplies reliqble information on the circulatory area in which these lesions occur, and this information can be atraumatically obtained in an out-patient setting. The success rate of facial thermography versus aortic arch angiography was 83% and 80%, respectively, in our case material, and this rate corresponds with data in the literature. In a series of 23 patients with facial thermograms and angiograms obtained before and after endarterectomy, facial thermography proved to be a useful diagnostic and prognostic aid in neurological out-patient guidance after carotid endarterectomy. By virtue of its rapidity and atraumatic character, because it can be carried out by technicians and because the findings are suitable for computer data processing, facial thermography would seem to be suitable for potential stroke screening of a high-risk asymptomatic population.
约60%的中风是由颅外闭塞性动脉病变引起的，最常见于颈总动脉分叉处。由于这些病变可通过动脉内膜切除术进行治疗，因此其卒中前诊断非常重要。面部热成像能够快速提供有关这些病变发生的循环区域的可靠信息，并且可以在门诊环境中通过无创方式获取该信息。在我们的病例资料中，面部热成像与主动脉弓血管造影的成功率分别为83%和80%，这一比率与文献数据相符。在一系列23例接受动脉内膜切除术前后均进行了面部热成像和血管造影的患者中，面部热成像被证明在颈动脉内膜切除术后的神经门诊指导中是一种有用的诊断和预后辅助手段。由于其快速性和无创性，由于它可以由技术人员进行操作，并且其结果适用于计算机数据处理，面部热成像似乎适用于对高危无症状人群进行潜在的中风筛查。
