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Unusual Causes of Stroke - Hypercoagulable States and their work-up

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Anticardiolipin Antibody<br />

Syndromes: Mechanisms <strong>of</strong> Injury<br />

• Vascular occlusion (Large or small vessel)<br />

– Arteries<br />

– Veins<br />

– Placental vessels<br />

• Platelet-fibrin emboli microvascular infarcts<br />

• Possibly a two-stage process<br />

– Anticardiolipin antibody-mediated injury may require<br />

prior vascular injury

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