Intracranial Blood Flow Velocity in Patients with β-Thalassemia Intermedia Using Transcranial Doppler Sonography: A Case-Control Study

Table 2

Mean intracranial arterial flow velocities in β-thalassemia intermedia patients and healthy controls.

	Patients	Healthy subjects	𝑃 value
Left ICA	89.8±22.8	52.1±8.6	0.001
Right ICA	84.9±21.7	50.0±8.4	0.001
Left MCA	78.3±27.3	49.4±9.1	0.001
Right MCA	79.3±26.2	48.7±7.6	0.001
Left ACA	66.5±20.3	44.4±9.5	0.001
Right ACA	63.8±19.4	42.5±7.8	0.001
Left PCA	38.9±12.1	29.7±6.6	0.001
Right PCA	38.6±13.2	27.3±6.3	0.001
Left vertebral artery	55.5±14.9	29.5±4.6	0.001
Right vertebral artery	59.3±16.8	29.3±4.6	0.001
Basilar artery	71.9±17.6	47.1±8.2	0.001

ICA, internal carotid artery; MCA, middle cerebral artery; ACA, anterior cerebral artery; PCA, posterior cerebral artery.