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Acute occlusion of an intracranial vessel causes reduction in blood flow to the brain region it
supplies.
Hypertension
Atrial fibrillation
Diabetes
Smoking
Hyperlipidemia
Carotid stenosis
Carotid atherosclerosis
Risk factors: Male gender, older age, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia
are risk factors for carotid disease
SURGICAL THERAPY
Symptomatic carotid stenosis
Ipsilateral stroke risk at 2 years was 26% for patients treated medically and 9% for those
receiving the same medical treatment plus a carotid endarterectomy.
SMALL-VESSEL STROKE
Infarcts range in size from 3 mm to 2 cm in diameter.
Hypertension and age are the principal risk factors