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The most frequent causes of cerebral ischemia are local thrombotic stenoses of the intra-and extracranial vessels and embolic intracerebral vessel occlusions. The emboli originate from the carotid arteries or from the heart. If, in a patient with cerebral ischemia, a stenosis in the corresponding internal carotid artery (ICA) is diagnosed, it is often assumed that an arterio-arterial embolism caused the ischemic event. It is possible, however, that the cerebral ischemia was caused by intracranial thrombotic lesions or by cardiac embolism. In the clinical setting, the question therefore is whether a carotid stenosis diagnosed in a symptomatic patient actually was the cause of the cerebral ischemia — if the side of the stenosis corresponds to the affected brain area. Only if the answer is “yes” thromboendarterectomy (TEA) is indicated.
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Henningsen, H. (1990). Indium-111 Platelet Scintigraphy in Stroke Patients. In: Kessler, C. (eds) Platelets and Atherosclerosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58225-7_14
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