A source of cerebral embolism
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Inuka Kishara Gooneratne, MBBS (Col) Ranjanie Gamage, MD (SL), MRCP (UK) Kamal Shantha Gunarathne, MD (SL) PEARL Thoracic outlet syndrome causing distal subclavian artery disease is a rare cause of arteryto-artery embolic stroke. Brainstem ischemic stroke is a result of compromise to the posterior circulation. This is often due to antegrade embolism from the heart or proximal vessels. Retrograde blood flow has been described in the subclavian artery, thus making the distal subclavian artery a source of possible retrograde embolism.
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تاریخ انتشار 2009