CASE AND ANALYSIS BY ALBERT J. MILLER, MD, AND BENJAMIN M. KAPLAN, MD

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Early atherosclerosis beginning in a young menstruating woman

Only 30 when her symptoms began, our patient has a 25-year history of disease progression. At 30 years of age, Mrs. A suffered transitory double vision and was found to have a right carotid bruit. Two years later, she underwent carotid endarterectomy. Her father had peripheral vascular disease and also underwent carotid endarterectomy. A NEW…

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