Assessment of carotid-intima media thickness in patients with epilepsy receiving antiepileptic drugs

Abstract

Aim: This study aims to investigate whether there is an increase in carotid-intima media thickness (C-IMT) in epilepsy patients using antiepileptic drugs when compared to the normal control group and whether there is a difference when we group them as monotherapy and polytherapy. Material and Method: 68 people were included in the prospective cross-sectional study. 38 epilepsy and 30 healthy control groups that were matched in terms of demographic characteristics Results: C-IMT was statistically higher in the epilepsy group (p