[Prognostic value of parameters of cerebral hemodynamics in patients with carotid ischemic stroke]

We studied the dynamics of neurological deficit and parameters of the blood flow through middle cerebral arteries in 97 patients with acute ischemic stroke (IS). Absolute and relative parameters of the blood flow were compared to the severity of neurological deficit in the 1st, 5-7th and 21-23rd days. There was a strong correlation between the asymmetry in blood flow velocity in the first day of II and NIHSS scores in 21-23rd days (r= -0,96; p<0,01). The less pronounced asymmetry in the first day of IS predicted the better recovery of damaged functions in patients with IS.