A 65-year-old woman presents with a sudden, persisting visual loss in the right eye. She had a history of continual ipsilateral headache for the past

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A 65-year-old woman presents with a sudden, persisting visual loss in the right eye. She had a history of continual ipsilateral headache for the past 12 months of progressively increasing severity prior to the acute episode. She has a 45 pack-year smoking history. Which one of the following investigations is most likely to establish the diagnosis?
(A) Chest X-ray
(B) Right carotid duplex ultrasound
(C) Full blood count
(D) Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
(E) Computed tomography (CT) head
 
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