X-Message-Number: 14090
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:32:24 -0400
From: Jan Coetzee <>
Subject: Circle of Willis
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" This is due to the fact that about 20% of the population does
not have an intact Circle of Willis (vessels that feed other vessels in
the
brain, leading to complete brain perfusion)"

Am I lucky or what? When I had surgery on my right carotid artery they
just clamped it off because the Circle of Willis supplied enough blood.

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