Clinical Study

Carotid Velocities Determine Cerebral Blood Flow Deficits in Elderly Men with Carotid Stenosis <50%

Table 3

Partial correlation coefficients between peak systolic velocity in right/left ICA and cerebral blood flow, controlled for the grade of carotid stenosis ipsilaterally.

Normotensive at age 68
ICA leftICA right

Frontal
 R−.149−.347**
 L−.156 −.333*
Mesial temporal
 R −.284* −.286*
 L −.278* −.271*
Lateral temporal
 R−.203−.221
 L−.159−.248
Superior parietal
 R −.270* −.329*
 L−.219 −.276*
Inferior parietal
 R−.213 −.341*
 L−.173 −.300*
Basal ganglia
 R−.137−.240
 L−.194−.216
Subcortical area−.226 −.337*