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Previous Volume 330:143-144 January 13, 1994 Number 2 Next

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To the Editor: In his editorial (Aug. 5 issue),¹ Dr. Gautier reviewed the causes and mechanisms of amaurosis fugax. He included atherosclerosis and other lesions of the internal carotid artery as the main possible cause, especially in patients over 40 years of age, but he did not mention embolization of atherosclerotic material from the ascending aorta and aortic arch. Atherosclerotic changes of the ascending aorta and aortic arch should be considered in the differential diagnosis as a possible source of amaurosis fugax or other systemic embolization, especially if the cause is unexplained. Atherosclerotic disease of this portion of the aorta . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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