Elderly patient who presents with short episodes of left-sided weakness and right-sided blindness, consistent with embolization from an unstable plaque in the RIGHT carotid artery
Key idea: Amaurosis fugax = Episodic, temporary loss of vision often in one eye = carotid artery atherosclerosis (at least on NBME exams) = carotid duplex ultrasonography
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