SYMPTOMATIC AUTOREGULATORY FAILURE IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE

Autor: G. K.C. Wong, W. S. Poon, A. R. Zazulia, W. J. Powers
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Neurology. 69:222-222
ISSN: 1526-632X
0028-3878
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000271775.76754.78
Popis: We read the article by Zazulia et al. with interest.1 The authors report an interesting case of a 50-year-old man with chronic untreated hypertension and left ventricular dysfunction. He presented with ischemic stroke and had a reversible exacerbation during a 7 mm Hg average mean radial arterial blood pressure drop with nicardipine infusion. PET studies showed corresponding uniform bihemispheric and regional cerebral blood flow decreases of 36%. The infarct pattern …
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