About a fifth of all ischemic strokes are attributed to embolization of ruptured atherosclerotic plaque from carotid arterial stenosis. But it has been difficult to predict which person with asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis is likely to progress to symptomatic carotid disease and stroke. Now there is evidence linking clonal hematopoiesis, carotid stenosis and stroke.Read more: johnsonfrancis.org/profession...