ALTHOUGH sickle-cell disease has been associated with vascular thrombosis and tissue infarction 1 sickle states have only recently been associated with similar phenomena. Splenic infarctions, 2–5 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After an initial embolic stroke of undetermined source, or ESUS, the most prevalent recurrent infarct was ...

Photo Credit: J Am Coll Cardiol. Central Illustration (adapted). High-risk, nonstenotic intracranial plaque appears to be a more important cause of embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) than ...

A brain embolism is a blockage in an artery within the brain or in an artery that supplies blood to the brain. Blockages can be caused by a blood clot, fat globule, or air pocket within an artery. A ...

ALTHOUGH thrombosis of the splenic vein is infrequently reported in the literature, 1,2 it is common knowledge among surgeons that this condition may follow splenectomy. In fact, local thrombosis at ...