Watershed infarcts in a patient after carotid endarterectomy
| Autor: | Fatima Shahzadi, Imranullah Hashmi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Neurology medicine.medical_treatment Hemodynamics Carotid endarterectomy Transient ischaemic attacks Article Postoperative Complications Internal medicine medicine Humans Carotid Stenosis cardiovascular diseases Stroke Aged Endarterectomy Carotid business.industry Cerebral infarction General Medicine Cerebral Infarction Vascular surgery medicine.disease Stenosis Ischemic Attack Transient Cardiology cardiovascular system Female Radiology business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ case reports. 2012 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | We report a case that developed watershed infarcts after undergoing carotid endarterectomy. Our patient had been having episodes of transient ischaemic attacks before admission. Carotid Doppler scan before admission showed severe unilateral carotid stenosis on left side. She underwent a carotid endarterectomy procedure. Her continuous blood pressure monitoring stayed normal during and after the procedure. One and half hour after the procedure, she developed right arm weakness. CT scan later revealed watershed infarcts in left cerebral hemisphere. The pathogenesis of watershed infarcts remain debated despite haemodynamic and embolic mechanisms being postulated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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