If a patient has a thrombosis in a cerebral artery, he or she would experience
a. a stroke.
b. a migraine headache.
c. a heart attack.
d. angina pectoris.
A
If a patient has a thrombosis in a cerebral artery, he or she would experience a stroke or cerebro-vascular accident (CVA). A migraine headache is thought to be caused by dilation of blood ves-sels in the brain. Heart attacks are caused by a thrombosis in a coronary artery that completely blocks the artery. Angina pectoris is caused by a thrombus in the coronary artery that causes only partial occlusion of the blood vessel.
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