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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery" by people in Profiles.
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Index of suspicion. Case 3: Emesis and Unsteady Gait in 35-month-old Boy. Pediatr Rev. 2015 Jul; 36(7):316-8.
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Applications and advantages of power motion-mode Doppler in acute posterior circulation cerebral ischemia. Stroke. 2008 Apr; 39(4):1197-204.