Evaluation of cerebral blood flow volume using color duplex sonography in patients with untreated panic disorder

The aim of this study was to compare cerebral blood flow (CBF) using color duplex sonography in panic disorder and normal controls. We report 24 untreated patients and 20 healthy subjects. State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Symptom Check List‐90 wer...

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Published in:Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences 2005-12, Vol.59 (6), p.676-682
Main Authors: GECICI, OMER, ACAR, MURAT, HAKTANIR, ALPAY, EMUL, MURAT, DEMIREL, REHA, YÜCEL, AYLIN, ALBAYRAK, RAMAZAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Anxiety - psychology
Anxiety disorders. Neuroses
Biological and medical sciences
Blood flow
Blood Pressure - physiology
Carotid Artery, Internal - diagnostic imaging
cerebral blood flow volume
Cerebrovascular Circulation - physiology
color duplex sonography
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Panic disorder
Panic Disorder - diagnostic imaging
Panic Disorder - physiopathology
Panic disorders
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
Vertebral Artery - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:The aim of this study was to compare cerebral blood flow (CBF) using color duplex sonography in panic disorder and normal controls. We report 24 untreated patients and 20 healthy subjects. State–Trait Anxiety Inventory, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, and Symptom Check List‐90 were completed on each subject. The internal carotid artery (ICA) and vertebral artery (VA) of both sides were explored with a 7.5‐Mhz linear array transducer. CBF volume and mean ICA flow velocity were significantly higher in patients than normal subjects adjusted for age. However, we could not find a statistically significant difference in flow volume and velocity of VA and the sum of bilateral ICA volume between patients and controls adjusted for age. There was also no correlation between CBF volume and the other radiological data with STAI scores. In conclusion, we found that independent of anxiety levels, CBF volume has increased in panic disorder patients. In addition, color duplex sonography is a non‐invasive and easily applicable technique and it is a preferable alternative to quantify CBF volume.
ISSN:1323-1316
1440-1819
DOI:10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01436.x