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Angiography of nonhemorrhagic cerebral infarction in young adults
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Angiography of nonhemorrhagic cerebral infarction in young adults

Wendy R K Smoker, Jose Biller, William L Hingtgen, Harold P Adams Jr and Gilbert J Toffol
Stroke (1970), Vol.18(4), pp.708-711
1987
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.18.4.708
PMID: 3603596
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Abstract

The radiographic examinations and hospital records of 93 young adult patients (15-45 years of age) with nonhemorrhagic cerebral infarction evaluated at our institution during the past 9 years were reviewed. The angiographic examinations were abnormal in 76% of patients. The most common abnormalities were embolic disease and atherothrombotic disease. Forty-seven patients underwent angiography within 7 days of their event. There were no major neurologic or systemic complications related to early angiography. We believe that angiography performed early in the course of the illness is a high-yield, safe procedure that may significantly alter the management of acute stroke in young adults.
Neurology Biological and medical sciences Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system Medical sciences

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