119 cases of cerebral embolism constituting for 4.5% of the total number of stroke are reported. The data obtained suggest that in a lot of patients the stroke resulted from rheumatic heart disease had mostly(79.8%) an acute onset. The mechanism of stepwise stroke occuring in 3 patients is discussed. Examination of the CSF was performed in 61 patients. RBC in CSF (range 26-8000/mm3) in 21 patients indicated that they originated from hemorrhagic infarcts. 13 patients ’underwent cerebral angiography

and occlusion of intracranial artery

presence of intracranial mass and vertebro-arterial spasm were respectively found in 8

3 and 1 cases

and among them only 1 case showed recanalization. Therefore

cerebral angipgraphy sometimes may be useful method in differential between cerebral embolism and cerebral thrombosis.