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The Anatomy of the Posterior Communicating Artery as a Risk Factor for Ischemic Cerebral Infarction
NEJM 330:1565-1570, Schomer,D.F.,et al, 1994
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Article Abstract
Only features of the ipsilateral posterior communicating artery were related to the risk of watershed infarction.The presence of posterior communicating arteries measuring at least 1 mm in diameter was associated with the absence of watershed infarction(13 hemispheres no infarcts:P<0. 001).Conversely,there were four watershed infarcts in the 6 hemispheres with posterior communicating arteries measuring less than 1 mm in diameter and 10 infarcts in the 13 hemispheres with no detectable flow in the ipsilateral posterior communicating artery.A small(<1 mm in diameter)or absent ipsilateral posterior communicating artery is a risk factor for ischemic cerebral infarction in patients with internal-carotid artery occlusion.
 
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