Watershed Stroke

The watershed areas are regions of the brain that simultaneously receive blood supply from two separate groups of arteries. if there is a blockage or interruption of blood flow of one of the blood vessels, it can be problematic- resulting in a watershed stroke.. Watershed cerebral infarction. watershed zone infarct in an isolated area is more likely to be secondary to microembolism, particularly in the absence of significant systemic hypotension and/or arterial stenosis. in a severe carotid stenosis, lesions are usually ipsilateral to the stenosis.. Clinical features, pathogenesis, and computed tomographic characteristics of internal watershed infarction. stroke. 1993; 24: 1925�1932. crossref medline google scholar; 16 brown mm, wade jp, bishop cc, russell rw. reactivity of the cerebral circulation in patients with carotid occlusion. j neurol neurosurg psychiatry..

A watershed stroke or watershed infarct is defined as an ischemia, or blood flow blockage, that is localized to the border zones between the territories of two major arteries in the brain.. A watershed stroke is defined as an ischemia, or blood flow blockage, that is localized to the border zones between the territories of two major arteries in the brain. watershed locations are those border-zone regions in the brain supplied by the major cerebral arteries where blood supply is decreased.. Watershed infarct [w�?t?rshed] an area of necrosis in the brain caused by an insufficiency of blood where the distributions of cerebral arteries overlap. the condition resembles that of an agricultural field irrigation system, in which the most distant sections may not be irrigated if there is a fall in water pressure. watershed infarct neurology.

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