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Cerebral Vascular Insufficiency

MedGen UID:
69142
•Concept ID:
C0241832
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Cerebrovascular Insufficiencies; Cerebrovascular Insufficiency; Insufficiencies, Cerebrovascular; Insufficiency, Cerebrovascular

Definition

A condition resulting in inadequate blood flow through the blood vessels supplying the brain, due to intrinsic disease of the vasculature. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCerebral Vascular Insufficiency

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Surgical management of large AVMs.
Spetzler RF, Zabramski JM
Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien) 1988;42:93-7. doi: 10.1007/978-3-7091-8975-7_19. PMID: 3189023
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF CEREBRAL VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY.
FAZEKAS JF
GP 1964 May;29:78-83. PMID: 14132364
Cerebral vascular insufficiency (mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment).
BAUER HG
W V Med J 1963 Jun;59:152-3. PMID: 13966932

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Is later-life depression a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease or a prodromal symptom: a study using post-mortem human brain tissue?
Sinclair LI, Mohr A, Morisaki M, Edmondson M, Chan S, Bone-Connaughton A, Turecki G, Love S
Alzheimers Res Ther 2023 Sep 12;15(1):153. doi: 10.1186/s13195-023-01299-2. PMID: 37700368Free PMC Article
Combined Angioplasty Technique of the Carotid Territory and Supra-Aortic Trunk by Double Access (Cervical and Limbs) for Tandem Lesions.
Ribeiro FS, Casella IB, Leiderman DBD, Puech-Leão P, De Luccia N
Ann Vasc Surg 2020 Oct;68:570.e9-570.e15. Epub 2020 Apr 25 doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2020.04.029. PMID: 32339677
Tocilizumab in patients with Takayasu arteritis: a retrospective study and literature review.
Loricera J, Blanco R, Hernández JL, Castañeda S, Humbría A, Ortego N, Bravo B, Freire M, Melchor S, Mínguez M, Salvatierra J, González-Vela C, Calvo-Río V, Santos-Gómez M, Pina T, González-Gay MA
Clin Exp Rheumatol 2016 May-Jun;34(3 Suppl 97):S44-53. Epub 2016 Apr 6 PMID: 27050507
Effects of cerebrolysin on moderate cognitive impairments in cerebral vascular insufficiency (a clinical-electrophysiological study).
Damulin IV, Koberskaya NN, Mkhitaryan EA
Neurosci Behav Physiol 2008 Jul;38(6):639-45. doi: 10.1007/s11055-008-9014-5. PMID: 18607744
Surgical treatment of Takayasu's disease.
Lagneau P, Michel JB, Vuong PN
Ann Surg 1987 Feb;205(2):157-66. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198702000-00010. PMID: 2880571Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Secondary causes of paroxysmal dyskinesia.
Blakeley J, Jankovic J
Adv Neurol 2002;89:401-20. PMID: 11968464
Current concepts in clinical therapeutics: ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
Quandt CM, Talbert RL, de los Reyes RA
Clin Pharm 1987 Apr;6(4):292-306. PMID: 3311577
Vertebrobasilar insufficiency.
Valvassori G, Dobben GD
Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1979 Sep-Oct;88(5 Pt 1):689-92. doi: 10.1177/000348947908800516. PMID: 496201
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF CEREBRAL VASCULAR INSUFFICIENCY.
FAZEKAS JF
GP 1964 May;29:78-83. PMID: 14132364
Cerebral vascular insufficiency (mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment).
BAUER HG
W V Med J 1963 Jun;59:152-3. PMID: 13966932

Therapy

Tocilizumab in patients with Takayasu arteritis: a retrospective study and literature review.
Loricera J, Blanco R, Hernández JL, Castañeda S, Humbría A, Ortego N, Bravo B, Freire M, Melchor S, Mínguez M, Salvatierra J, González-Vela C, Calvo-Río V, Santos-Gómez M, Pina T, González-Gay MA
Clin Exp Rheumatol 2016 May-Jun;34(3 Suppl 97):S44-53. Epub 2016 Apr 6 PMID: 27050507
Effects of cerebrolysin on moderate cognitive impairments in cerebral vascular insufficiency (a clinical-electrophysiological study).
Damulin IV, Koberskaya NN, Mkhitaryan EA
Neurosci Behav Physiol 2008 Jul;38(6):639-45. doi: 10.1007/s11055-008-9014-5. PMID: 18607744
Secondary causes of paroxysmal dyskinesia.
Blakeley J, Jankovic J
Adv Neurol 2002;89:401-20. PMID: 11968464
Cerebral revascularization.
Hodge CJ Jr, Gross CE
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1978;44(1-2):115-30. doi: 10.1007/BF01401635. PMID: 726958
Rheoencephalographic and psychological studies with ethyl apovincaminate in cerebral vascular insufficiency.
Hadjiev D, Yancheva S
Arzneimittelforschung 1976;26(10a):1947-50. PMID: 1037222

Prognosis

Diagnostics and surgical treatment of pathological deformation of the carotid arteries.
Karimov ShI, Tursunov BZ, Sunnatov RD, Irnazarov AA, Keldiiarov BK, Akhmatov AM, Iulbarisov AA, Asrarov UA, Alizhanov KhK
Angiol Sosud Khir 2010;16(4):108-15. PMID: 21389953
Effects of cerebrolysin on moderate cognitive impairments in cerebral vascular insufficiency (a clinical-electrophysiological study).
Damulin IV, Koberskaya NN, Mkhitaryan EA
Neurosci Behav Physiol 2008 Jul;38(6):639-45. doi: 10.1007/s11055-008-9014-5. PMID: 18607744
The persistent primitive hypoglossal artery: a rare anatomic variation with frequent clinical implications.
De Caro R, Parenti A, Munari PF
Ann Anat 1995 Mar;177(2):193-8. doi: 10.1016/S0940-9602(11)80073-7. PMID: 7741281
Prognosis of patients with transient ischemic attacks and normal angiograms.
Mendelowitz DS, Kimmins S, Evans WE
Arch Surg 1981 Dec;116(12):1587-91. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1981.01380240067010. PMID: 7316755
Use of combined oculoplethysmography, carotid phonoangiography and Doppler in the non-invasive diagnosis of extracranial carotid occlusive disease.
Kapsch D, Cook L, Lichti E, Silver D
Stroke 1981 May-Jun;12(3):317-21. doi: 10.1161/01.str.12.3.317. PMID: 7245297

Clinical prediction guides

Effects of cerebrolysin on moderate cognitive impairments in cerebral vascular insufficiency (a clinical-electrophysiological study).
Damulin IV, Koberskaya NN, Mkhitaryan EA
Neurosci Behav Physiol 2008 Jul;38(6):639-45. doi: 10.1007/s11055-008-9014-5. PMID: 18607744
The persistent primitive hypoglossal artery: a rare anatomic variation with frequent clinical implications.
De Caro R, Parenti A, Munari PF
Ann Anat 1995 Mar;177(2):193-8. doi: 10.1016/S0940-9602(11)80073-7. PMID: 7741281
Surgical treatment of Takayasu's disease.
Lagneau P, Michel JB, Vuong PN
Ann Surg 1987 Feb;205(2):157-66. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198702000-00010. PMID: 2880571Free PMC Article
Use of combined oculoplethysmography, carotid phonoangiography and Doppler in the non-invasive diagnosis of extracranial carotid occlusive disease.
Kapsch D, Cook L, Lichti E, Silver D
Stroke 1981 May-Jun;12(3):317-21. doi: 10.1161/01.str.12.3.317. PMID: 7245297
Rheoencephalographic and psychological studies with ethyl apovincaminate in cerebral vascular insufficiency.
Hadjiev D, Yancheva S
Arzneimittelforschung 1976;26(10a):1947-50. PMID: 1037222

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