Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery
"Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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NECROSIS induced by ISCHEMIA in the POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY distribution system which supplies portions of the BRAIN STEM; the THALAMUS; TEMPORAL LOBE, and OCCIPITAL LOBE. Depending on the size and location of infarction, clinical features include OLFACTION DISORDERS and visual problems (AGNOSIA; ALEXIA; HEMIANOPSIA).
| Descriptor ID |
D020762
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.300.150.477.200.475 C10.228.140.300.510.200.418 C10.228.140.300.775.200.200.475 C14.907.253.092.477.200.475 C14.907.253.560.200.418 C14.907.253.855.200.200.475
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| Concept/Terms |
Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery- Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery
- Stroke, Posterior Cerebral Artery
- Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke
- PCA Infarction
- Infarction, PCA
- Posterior Cerebral Artery Infarction
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery" by people in Profiles.
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Elnazeir M, Nobel L, Narayanan S, Darmoch F, Massari F, Fitzgibbons T, Carandang RA, Jun-O'Connell A. Left Ventricular Noncompaction Cardiomyopathy as a Potential Cause of Bilateral Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke - a Rare and Unique Clinical Occurrence. Am J Case Rep. 2021 Jun 22; 22:e931103.
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Henninger N, Haussen DC, Kakouros N, Selim M, Searls DE, Kumar S, Schlaug G, Caplan LR. QTc-prolongation in posterior circulation stroke. Neurocrit Care. 2013 Oct; 19(2):167-75.
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Krings T, Noelchen D, Mull M, Willmes K, Meister IG, Reinacher P, Toepper R, Thron AK. The hyperdense posterior cerebral artery sign: a computed tomography marker of acute ischemia in the posterior cerebral artery territory. Stroke. 2006 Feb; 37(2):399-403.