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Title

Sudden Coma due to Simultaneous Basilar Artery and Bilateral Carotid Artery Occlusion.

Authors

Joon-Tae Kim; Man-Seok Park; Ki-Hyun Cho

Abstract

The article reports on the diagnosis given to a 42-year old woman who was suffering with atrial fibrillation and has been comatosed. According to a perfusion computed tomography (CT) conducted, defects were observed in the patient's bilateral hemispheres and brainstem. In addition, occlusion was found in the mid-basilar and internal carotid arteries.

Subjects

WOMEN patients; ATRIAL fibrillation; COMA; TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN stem; ARTERIAL occlusions

Publication

European Neurology, 2009, Vol 62, Issue 2, p125

ISSN

0014-3022

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1159/000222786