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H:
Adult man, 64-years-old,
with a bruit near the carotid bifurcation at the left side. The patient suffers
from right-sided hemiplegia
INFO/WWW:
Causes of cerebral
infarction (stroke)
are atheroma/arteriosclerosis (usual site: carotid bifurcation), thromboembolic
disease (ususal site: middle cerebral artery), arteritis (usual site: smaller
peripheral arteries), dissecting
aortic aneurysm (usual site: common carotid artery, subclavian artery
origins) and hypotension (usual site: areas between anterior, middle and posterior
cerebral artery territories).
D:
Occlusion of the left
carotid artery near the origin of the carotid bifurcation
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