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Microscopic particles—known as embolic agents—are then introduced to block these tiny vessels.
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Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
23 Dec. 2025
This less-invasive surgery allows providers to close a finger-like appendage in the left atrium that is prone to producing blood clots, which can lead to embolic strokes.
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Rachel Murphy,
Verywell Health,
4 Jan. 2024
Robertson faced a series of health challenges in recent years — including an embolic stroke in 2018 — that put his health in decline, according to an announcement by his legacy media empire, the Christian Broadcasting Network.
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Kyler Alvord,
Peoplemag,
8 June 2023
Doctors would later diagnose him with an embolic stroke, and further tests revealed a mass near the top of his chest.
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Jacob Feldman,
SI.com,
15 Aug. 2019
TIAs can be thrombotic or embolic, arising from clots formed in a brain artery diseased with atherosclerotic plaque, or from clots traveling to the brain from the heart or arteries upstream.
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Tony Dajer,
Discover Magazine,
1 Oct. 2015
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Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
23 Dec. 2025
This less-invasive surgery allows providers to close a finger-like appendage in the left atrium that is prone to producing blood clots, which can lead to embolic strokes.
—
Rachel Murphy,
Verywell Health,
4 Jan. 2024
Robertson faced a series of health challenges in recent years — including an embolic stroke in 2018 — that put his health in decline, according to an announcement by his legacy media empire, the Christian Broadcasting Network.
—
Kyler Alvord,
Peoplemag,
8 June 2023
Doctors would later diagnose him with an embolic stroke, and further tests revealed a mass near the top of his chest.
—
Jacob Feldman,
SI.com,
15 Aug. 2019
TIAs can be thrombotic or embolic, arising from clots formed in a brain artery diseased with atherosclerotic plaque, or from clots traveling to the brain from the heart or arteries upstream.
—
Tony Dajer,
Discover Magazine,
1 Oct. 2015
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embolic
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