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What sort of medical tests do neurologists have to determine a stroke's cause?
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See below: There are a number of tests we perform to determine the cause of a stroke. Carotid ultrasound evaluates atherosclerosis in the neck arteries, echocardiography evaluates whether a clot arose in the heart ct/mr angiography can evaluate the intracranial vasculature looking for narrowing or occlusion of flow. Sometimes in spite of these studies we do not find the cause. There are more invasive studies.
Answered 5/25/2013
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