Clinical Study

Hemispheric Asymmetry of Visual Cortical Response by Means of Functional Transcranial Doppler

Table 6

Correlation between mean blood flow velocities in physiological conditions and mean blood flow velocities during the white light stimulation and in the dark in severe carotid disease patients.

Pateints with severe carotid disease ( )
LightDark
Mean blood flow velocities in posterior cerebral artery (cm/s)RightLeftRightLeft

Baseline(eyes opened)Right0.7953, *0.2421, 0.7589, *0.2125,
Left0.4463, *0.6851, *0.3384, *0.6944, *

: number of patients.
cm/s: centimeters in second.
*statistically significant.