Perplexities in Cerebrovascular Disease

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Editorials1 January 1963Perplexities in Cerebrovascular DiseaseCLARK H. MILLIKAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.CLARK H. MILLIKAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-58-1-191 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptFazekas, Alman, and Sullivan in their paper "Prognostic Uncertainties in Cerebral Vascular Disease," in this issue of the ANNALS, report data obtained in the careful clinical and laboratory investigation of 25 patients with aortocranial disease; 12 had arterial surgery while 13 did not, and all patients were treated with anticoagulants. Their observations exemplify a number of the complex unsolved problems that hamper the clinician in the diagnosis and treatment of occlusive cerebral vascular disease. Although intracranial or extracranial atherosclerosis of cerebral vessels (or both) appears to be the basic pathologic change associated with clinical findings of focal cerebral ischemia, severe... This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Section of Neurology Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCerebrovascular Pathology and Pathogenesis as a Basis of Neuroradiological DiagnosisStenosierende und obliterierende zerebrale Gefäßprozesse 1 January 1963Volume 58, Issue 1Page: 191-192KeywordsAnticoagulantsAtherosclerosisCerebral ischemiaCerebrovascular diseasesClinical laboratoriesResearch designResearch laboratoriesVascular diseasesVascular surgery ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1963 PDF downloadLoading ...