Microemboli versus hypoperfusion as an etiology of acute ischemic stroke in Egyptian patients with watershed zone infarction

Abstract Background Brain perfusion is most likely to be impaired in border zone regions, and clearance of emboli will be most impaired in these regions of least blood flow. Severe occlusive disease of the internal carotid artery causes both embolization and decreased perfusion as well as some cardi...

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Main Authors: Ahmed ElSadek, Ahmed Gaber, Hossam Afifi, Sherin Farag, Nouran Salaheldien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41983-018-0045-8