Abstract
Diastolic reverse flow in the common carotid artery (CCA) at duplex sonography can be seen in patients with severe aortic regurgitation (AR). We report a patient with severe AR whose diastolic reverse flow in the right CCA caused transient brain ischemia. To our knowledge, there are no descriptions of diastolic steal volume by AR causing cerebral ischemia. This is the first description of this rare pathophysiologic form of cerebral ischemia.
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