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Middle Cerebral Artery Embolus

MedGen UID:
155938
•Concept ID:
C0751845
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Embolus, Middle Cerebral Artery

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The endovascular management of superior cerebellar artery aneurysms.
Haw C, Willinsky R, Agid R, TerBrugge K
Can J Neurol Sci 2004 Feb;31(1):53-7. doi: 10.1017/s0317167100002833. PMID: 15038471

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Transcavernous approach to diseases of the anterior upper third of the posterior fossa.
Krisht AF
Neurosurg Focus 2005 Aug 15;19(2):E2. PMID: 16122211
The endovascular management of superior cerebellar artery aneurysms.
Haw C, Willinsky R, Agid R, TerBrugge K
Can J Neurol Sci 2004 Feb;31(1):53-7. doi: 10.1017/s0317167100002833. PMID: 15038471
Tissue plasminogen activator thrombolysis of a middle cerebral artery embolus in a patient with an arteriovenous malformation. Case report.
Jafar JJ, Tan WS, Crowell RM
J Neurosurg 1991 May;74(5):808-12. doi: 10.3171/jns.1991.74.5.0808. PMID: 1901602
Emergency intracranial thromboendarterectomy for acute middle cerebral artery embolus.
Opalak ME, Chehrazi BB, Boggan JE
Microsurgery 1988;9(3):188-93. doi: 10.1002/micr.1920090306. PMID: 3185278

Therapy

Combined interventional and surgical treatment of tandem middle cerebral artery embolus and internal carotid artery occlusion: case report.
Frenkel MB, Renfrow JJ, Singh J, Garg N, Wolfe SQ
J Neurosurg 2018 Sep;129(3):718-722. Epub 2017 Nov 17 doi: 10.3171/2017.6.JNS162368. PMID: 29148900
Tissue plasminogen activator thrombolysis of a middle cerebral artery embolus in a patient with an arteriovenous malformation. Case report.
Jafar JJ, Tan WS, Crowell RM
J Neurosurg 1991 May;74(5):808-12. doi: 10.3171/jns.1991.74.5.0808. PMID: 1901602
Emergency intracranial thromboendarterectomy for acute middle cerebral artery embolus.
Opalak ME, Chehrazi BB, Boggan JE
Microsurgery 1988;9(3):188-93. doi: 10.1002/micr.1920090306. PMID: 3185278

Prognosis

Transcavernous approach to diseases of the anterior upper third of the posterior fossa.
Krisht AF
Neurosurg Focus 2005 Aug 15;19(2):E2. PMID: 16122211
Emergency carotid endarterectomy for patients with acute carotid occlusion and profound neurological deficits.
Meyer FB, Sundt TM Jr, Piepgras DG, Sandok BA, Forbes G
Ann Surg 1986 Jan;203(1):82-9. doi: 10.1097/00000658-198601000-00014. PMID: 3942424Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Transcavernous approach to diseases of the anterior upper third of the posterior fossa.
Krisht AF
Neurosurg Focus 2005 Aug 15;19(2):E2. PMID: 16122211
Hyperbaric oxygen as an adjunct to acute revascularization of the brain.
Kapp JP
Surg Neurol 1979 Dec;12(6):457-61. PMID: 534562

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