"Brain Infarction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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