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Clinical Implications of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Insufficiency

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Stroke, the third leading cause of death in the United States, disables nearly 2 million people yearly, resulting in the cost of many millions of dollars. Eighty percent of strokes are caused by cerebral infarction rather than hemorrhage. About 75% of patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease have at least one obstructing lesion at a surgically accessible site, most frequently the carotid artery bifurcation.

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  1. Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, West Virginia University, Charleston, West Virginia, USA

    Ali F. AbuRahma MD, RVT (Professor of Surgery, Chief of Vascular Surgery, and Medical Director of Vascular Laboratory) (Professor of Surgery, Chief of Vascular Surgery, and Medical Director of Vascular Laboratory)

  2. North Coast Surgeons, 9850 Genessee Avenue, Suite 560, La Jolla, 92037, California, CA, USA

    John J. Bergan MD (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

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AbuRahma, A.F. (2000). Clinical Implications of the Vascular Laboratory in the Diagnosis of Cerebrovascular Insufficiency. In: AbuRahma, A.F., Bergan, J.J. (eds) Noninvasive Vascular Diagnosis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3837-2_12

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