Diseases

Cerebrovascular Trauma

Penetrating and nonpenetrating traumatic injuries to an extracranial or intracranial blood vessel that supplies the brain. This includes the CAROTID ARTERIES; VERTEBRAL ARTERIES; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; veins, and venous sinuses.

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Abstract

Penetrating and nonpenetrating traumatic injuries to an extracranial or intracranial blood vessel that supplies the brain. This includes the CAROTID ARTERIES; VERTEBRAL ARTERIES; MENINGEAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; veins, and venous sinuses.

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Brain Injury, Vascular
  • Injury, Vascular, Brain
  • Vascular Injury, Brain
  • Vascular Trauma, Brain
  • Brain Injuries, Vascular
  • Brain Vascular Injury
  • Brain Vascular Trauma
  • Injuries, Brain Vascular
  • Injury, Brain Vascular
  • Trauma, Cerebrovascular
  • Vascular Brain Injuries
  • Vascular Brain Injury
  • Vascular Traumas, Brain

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

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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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified only: prefer specific vessel/inj

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History Note

2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Carotid Artery Diseases (1964-1999)
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders (1964-1999)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cerebrovascular Trauma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020214. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020214
  2. Cerebrovascular Trauma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55092798