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Delayed Cerebral Infarction After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Location, Distribution Patterns, Infarct Load,

Michael Veldeman1, Tobias Rossmann1, Roel Haeren1

  • 1From the Department of Neurosurgery (M.V., L.V.V., C.C., T.P.S., A.H., H.C.), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany; Department of Neurosurgery (T.R.), Neuromed Campus, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria; Department of Neurosurgery (R.H.), Maastricht University, Maastricht University Medical Center+, the Netherlands; Department of Neurosurgery (M. Weiss), Kantonsspital Aarau, Switzerland; Department of Neurosurgery (J.O.S., M.K., J.S., M.N., R.R.), University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital; Division of Anesthesiology (J.J.V., T.L.), Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Finland; and Department of Neuroradiology (M. Wiesmann), RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany.

Neurology
|July 1, 2024
PubMed
Summary

Delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) significantly increases the risk of poor outcomes. Specific infarct locations, particularly in the left MCA and anterior cerebral artery territories, are strongly linked to unfavorable 1-year results.

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