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Endarterectomy

Transient Ischemic attack (TIA)

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• You almost always will have a head CT scan or brain MRI.
• You may have an angiogram, CT angiogram, or MR angiogram.
• You may have an echocardiogram if your doctor thinks you may have a blood clot from the heart.
• Carotid duplex ( ultrasound ) can show if the carotid arteries in your neck have narrowed. Cerebral arteriogram reveals which blood vessels is blocked or bleeding.
• You may have EKG and heart rhythm monitoring tests to check for irregular heart beats.

Additional tests and procedures may include:

• Blood clotting tests to rule out a blood disorder
• Blood chemistry
• Complete blood count (CBC)
• C-reaction protein
• ECG
• ESR (Sedimentation rate)
• Serum lipids
• Tests for syphilis, Lyme disease, and other infections

Your doctor may use these tests to check high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, and peripheral vascular disease.

Review Date: 05/09/2011
Reviewed By: A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, and David R. Eltz. Previously reviewed by Daniel B. Hoch, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital (6/16/2010).

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