Positional transient loss of consciousness and hemispheric deficits in the setting of severe four-vessel extracranial cerebrovascular disease

Positional transient loss of consciousness and hemispheric deficits in the setting of severe four-vessel extracranial cerebrovascular disease

Carotid artery stenosis typically causes hemispheric neurologic effects by atheroembolism. Nonhemispheric symptoms, such as syncope, are generally not attributable to extracranial carotid disease. This report describes a 62-year-old woman with severe bilateral carotid artery stenosis, right vertebra...

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Main Authors: Colleen P. Flanagan, BA, Parth D. Sheth, MD, Jessica P. Simons, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428719301182

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