[The cerebral and central hemodynamics of patients with vertebrobasilar stroke]

Cerebral and central hemodynamics were studied in 45 patients acutely affected with vertebrobasilar apoplexy. Noninvasive methods-ultrasonic dopplerography of the extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries, unidirectional echocardiography were employed on post-apoplectic days 1, 7 and 21. The same examinations were performed in two groups of control subjects: healthy persons and patients with dyscirculatory encephalopathy degree I and II. The comparison of relevant data elucidated regularities of interaction existing in the changes of cerebral and central hemodynamics in patients with vertebrobasilar apoplexy of moderate severity. Prognostic significance of the findings is characterized.