Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
"Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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NECROSIS occurring in the MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY distribution system which brings blood to the entire lateral aspects of each CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE. Clinical signs include impaired cognition; APHASIA; AGRAPHIA; weak and numbness in the face and arms, contralaterally or bilaterally depending on the infarction.
| Descriptor ID |
D020244
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.300.150.477.200.450 C10.228.140.300.510.200.387 C10.228.140.300.775.200.200.450 C14.907.253.092.477.200.450 C14.907.253.560.200.387 C14.907.253.855.200.200.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery- Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
- Middle Cerebral Artery Circulation Infarction
- Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction
- Cerebral Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
- Stroke, Middle Cerebral Artery
- MCA Infarction
- Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke
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| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery" by people in Profiles.
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Balloon guide catheter impact on angiographic and clinical outcomes in distal medium vessel occlusion stroke thrombectomy. J Neurointerv Surg. 2026 Feb 16; 18(3):639-646.
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Clinical outcomes of patients with unsuccessful mechanical thrombectomy versus best medical management of medium vessel occlusion stroke in the middle cerebral artery territory. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Dec 17; 18(1):155-165.
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Concurrent Anterior Cerebral Artery and Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusions Predict Poor Neurological Outcome Despite Successful Thrombectomy in Anterior Circulation Stroke. Neurosurgery. 2026 Apr 01; 98(4):848-856.
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Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage in proximal and distal medium middle cerebral artery occlusion patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Jul 14; 17(8):803-810.
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A Method for Imaging the Ischemic Penumbra with MRI Using Intravoxel Incoherent Motion. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Jul 01; 46(7):1336-1344.
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Endovascular Therapy for Late-Window M2-Segment Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion: Analysis of the CLEAR Study. Stroke. 2025 Jul; 56(7):1671-1680.
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Endovascular Therapy for Patients With Low NIHSS Scores and Large Vessel Occlusion in the 6- to 24-Hour Window: Analysis of the CLEAR Study. Neurology. 2025 Apr; 104(7):e213442.
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Endovascular therapy versus best medical management in distal medium middle cerebral artery acute ischaemic stroke: a multinational multicentre propensity score-matched study. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2025 Mar 13; 96(3):239-248.
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Quantification of Collateral Supply with Local-AIF Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast MRI Predicts Infarct Growth. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Feb 03; 46(2):251-258.
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Efficacy and safety of mechanical thrombectomy in distal medium middle cerebral artery occlusion ischemic stroke patients on low-dose aspirin. Int J Stroke. 2025 Jul; 20(6):669-678.