Value of transcranial Doppler foaming test combined with transthoracic echocardiography in evaluating cerebral blood flow characteristics in patients with migraine
Objective To investigate the changes in cerebral hemodynamic parameters in patients with migraine and different grades of patent foramen ovale(PFO)using contrast-enhanced transcranial Doppler(cTCD)foaming test and contrast-enhanced transthoracic echocardiography(cTTE).Methods A total of 85 patients with migraine in our hospital were enrolled,and cTCD and cTTE were used in combination to determine whether a subject had right to left shunt(PFO-RLS)caused by PFO,which was graded according to the grading criteria(grades 0,Ⅰ,Ⅱ,and Ⅲ).Meanwhile,TCD was used to observe the ultrasound parameters of the middle cerebral artery before and after Valsalva maneuver(VM),in-cluding peak systolic blood flow velocity(Vs),mean blood flow velocity(Vm),peak diastolic blood flow velocity(Vd),resistance index,and pulsatility index,and these ultrasound parameters were compared between grade 0 PFO-RLS and grade Ⅰ/Ⅱ/Ⅲ PFO-RLS.Results Among the 85 subjects,13 patients had migraine with grade 0 PFO-RLS,34 patients had migraine with grade I PFO-RLS,17 patients had migraine with grade Ⅱ PFO-RLS,and 21 patients had migraine with grade Ⅲ PFO-RLS.The results before VM showed that compared with the patients with migraine and grade 0 PFO-RLS,the patients with migraine and grade Ⅱ PFO-RLS had significant increases in Vs,Vm,and Vd(P<0.05),and the results after VM showed that compared with the patients with migraine and grade 0 PFO-RLS,the patients with migraine and grade Ⅲ PFO-RLS had significant increases in Vm and Vd(P<0.05).Conclusion There are different changing trends of cerebral blood flow in patients with migraine and different grades of PFO-RLS,and the characteristic changes in cere-bral blood flow can provide a certain clinical theoretical basis for the etiological diagnosis and treatment of patients with mi-graine.
Transcranial DopplerFoaming testEchocardiography of the right heartMigraineCerebral blood flow velocity