"Brain Infarction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Tissue NECROSIS in any area of the brain, including the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES, the CEREBELLUM, and the BRAIN STEM. Brain infarction is the result of a cascade of events initiated by inadequate blood flow through the brain that is followed by HYPOXIA and HYPOGLYCEMIA in brain tissue. Damage may be temporary, permanent, selective or pan-necrosis.
| Descriptor ID |
D020520
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.300.150.477 C10.228.140.300.775.200 C14.907.253.092.477 C14.907.253.855.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Brain Infarction- Brain Infarction
- Brain Infarctions
- Infarction, Brain
- Infarctions, Brain
Anterior Circulation Brain Infarction- Anterior Circulation Brain Infarction
- Infarction, Brain, Anterior Circulation
- Infarction, Anterior Circulation, Brain
- Anterior Circulation Infarction, Brain
- Brain Infarction, Anterior Circulation
Venous Infarction, Brain- Venous Infarction, Brain
- Brain Venous Infarction
- Brain Venous Infarctions
- Infarction, Brain Venous
- Infarctions, Brain Venous
- Venous Infarctions, Brain
- Brain Infarction, Venous
- Brain Infarctions, Venous
- Infarction, Venous Brain
- Infarctions, Venous Brain
- Venous Brain Infarction
- Venous Brain Infarctions
Brain Infarction, Posterior Circulation- Brain Infarction, Posterior Circulation
- Posterior Circulation Infarction, Brain
- Posterior Circulation Brain Infarction
- Infarction, Brain, Posterior Circulation
- Infarction, Posterior Circulation, Brain
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2018 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Brain Infarction" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 neuropathology at Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital. Brain. 2021 10 22; 144(9):2696-2708.
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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) complicated by rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis presenting with neurovascular thrombosis: a case report and review of literature. J Neurovirol. 2021 08; 27(4):644-649.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): A systematic review of 133 Children that presented with Kawasaki-like multisystem inflammatory syndrome. J Med Virol. 2021 Sep; 93(9):5458-5473.
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Possible affective cognitive cerebellar syndrome in a young patient with COVID-19 CNS vasculopathy and stroke. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Oct 15; 13(10).
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Long-segment arterial cerebral vessel thrombosis after mild COVID-19. BMJ Case Rep. 2020 09 16; 13(9).
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Cerebral venous thrombosis in patients with severe COVID-19 infection in intensive care. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2020 09 02; 81(9):1-4.
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A case of COVID-19 infection presenting with a seizure following severe brain edema. Seizure. 2020 08; 80:53-55.
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Multiple internal border zone infarcts in a patient with COVID-19 and CADASIL. J Neurol Sci. 2020 09 15; 416:116980.
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Cerebral venous thrombosis: A typical presentation of COVID-19 in the young. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Aug; 29(8):104989.
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Thalamic perforating artery stroke on computed tomography perfusion in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Aug; 29(8):104974.