Diseases

Cerebral Infarction

The formation of an area of NECROSIS in the CEREBRUM caused by an insufficiency of arterial or venous blood flow. Infarcts of the cerebrum are generally classified by hemisphere (i.e., left vs. right), lobe (e.g., frontal lobe infarction), arterial distribution (e.g., INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY), and etiology (e.g., embolic infarction).

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The formation of an area of NECROSIS in the CEREBRUM caused by an insufficiency of arterial or venous blood flow. Infarcts of the cerebrum are generally classified by hemisphere (i.e., left vs. right), lobe (e.g., frontal lobe infarction), arterial distribution (e.g., INFARCTION, ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY), and etiology (e.g., embolic infarction).

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25 entry terms
  • Cerebral Infarct
  • Infarction, Cerebral
  • Cerebral Infarctions
  • Cerebral Infarcts
  • Infarct, Cerebral
  • Infarctions, Cerebral
  • Infarcts, Cerebral
  • Anterior Choroidal Artery Infarction
  • Cerebral Infarction, Left Hemisphere
  • Cerebral Infarction, Right Hemisphere
  • Cerebral, Left Hemisphere, Infarction
  • Cerebral, Right Hemisphere, Infarction
  • Infarction, Cerebral, Left Hemisphere
  • Infarction, Cerebral, Right Hemisphere
  • Infarction, Left Hemisphere, Cerebral
  • Infarction, Right Hemisphere, Cerebral
  • Left Hemisphere, Cerebral Infarction
  • Left Hemisphere, Infarction, Cerebral
  • Posterior Choroidal Artery Infarction
  • Right Hemisphere, Cerebral Infarction
  • Right Hemisphere, Infarction, Cerebral
  • Subcortical Infarction
  • Infarction, Subcortical
  • Infarctions, Subcortical
  • Subcortical Infarctions

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

1979

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Previous Indexing

  • Brain (1966-1978)
  • Cerebral Embolism and Thrombosis (1966-1978)
  • Infarction (1966-1978)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cerebral Infarction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002544. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002544
  2. Cerebral Infarction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_infarction
  3. Cerebral Infarction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209150