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(Stroke. 1975;6:509.)
© 1975 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Hypertension and Retinal Vascular Insufficiency Associated With Platelet Microthrombi

JOHN K. VYDEN M.B.¹

¹ Department of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 4833 Fountain Avenue, and the Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90029

A 45-year-old woman is described who, during the two-year course of her illness, had abdominal pain, gastrointestinal damage, and hypertension. Platelet "white bodies’ also were seen to appear in her arterial circulation.

Key Words: gastrointestinal infarction • retinal infarction • white bodies • emboli