Blood flow test. Nurse performing a doppler ultrasound of blood flow in the carotid arteries of a 93 year old male patient. She is using an ultrasound

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Blood flow test. Nurse performing a doppler ultrasound of blood flow in the carotid arteries of a 93 year old male patient. She is using an ultrasound transducer (centre right) to image the flow of blood in the neck. The patient has previously suffered a transient ischaemic attack (TIA, or 'mini stroke'). Photographed at the Western General Hospital stroke unit, Edinburgh, UK.

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