Carotid Doppler Ultrasonography; to Detect Carotid Atherosclerosis in Symptomatic Patients with Risk Factors Noninvasively Using in Divisional Head Quarter Hospital Mirpur Azad Jammu & Kashmir

.. Objective: To detect carotid atherosclerosis in symptomatic patients with risk factors noninvasively using carotid Doppler ultrasonography in Divisional Head Quarter Hospital Mirpur Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Study design: Prospective Observational study. Place and duration of study: Kashmir institute of cardiology Div. Headquarters Teaching Hospital Azad Jammu & Kashmir AJK (Mohi-ud-Din Islamic Medical College Azad Kashmir) convenience sampling of all the patients presenting with symptoms suggestive of carotid stenosis from November 2011 to November 2012. Approval was taken from ethical committee of Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital Mirpur AJ&K. Methodology: These patients were sent to consultant radiologist for carotid ultrasound and detailed characteristics were calculated with their frequencies, means and standard deviation using spss version 16. Frequency would be used for qualitative variables while means and standard deviation would be used for quantitative variables. Descriptive statistics were computed. Conclusions: Carotid Artery Stenosis is prevalent in Azad Kashmir and can be easily diagnosed earlier by Carotid Duplex Ultrasound, to document the presence of Atherosclerosis and prevent from future complications of stroke.