Original Article

Vulnerability to Stroke Secondary to Occlusion of the Internal Carotid Artery Its Evaluation by Angiography

Authors: HOMER D. KIRGIS M.D., RAEBURN C. LLEWELLYN M.D., EDWARD McC. PEEBLES Ph.D.

Abstract

Congenital anomalies in the distribution of the branches of the internal carotid artery are varied. Such anomalies are of great importance in the vulnerability of the brain to stroke upon the development of atheromatous plaques. Angiography may demonstrate these variations from the normal.

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