A 75-year-old patient experienced a lacunar stroke. When looking through the history of the pa-tient's chart, which of the following would the nurse expect to find?
a. An embolus
b. An ischemic lesion
c. A hemorrhage
d. An aneurysm
ANS: B
A lacunar stroke is associated with occlusion of a single, deep perforating artery that supplies small penetrating subcortical vessels, causing ischemic lesions, not an embolus, hemorrhage, or aneurysm.
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