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Patients with angiographically proven occluded ICA were subjected to a clinical follow-up. In about 25%, further ischemic attacks ipsilateral to the occluded ICA occurred. The pathogenesis of ischemia and the management of these patients is discussed.
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Bradač, G.B., Kaden, B., Nüssel, F. et al. Follow-up of patients with proved occluded internal carotid artery. Neuroradiology 25, 139–145 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00455733
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