Brain watershed infarction classification knowledge card

Introduction In 2019, the editor launched the "Knowledge Card" column, which organizes some clinical disease-related knowledge points in a simple and easy-to-save form, so that clinicians can use fragmented time to review the past and learn, which is very popular among doctor reade.
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A watershed infarction, also known as a marginal zone infarction, refers to an infarction that occurs at the junction of two arterial supply are.
This type of infarction is often caused by hypotension and hypovolemia, especially in the cerebral hemisphe.
Early identification and treatment are very important for patien.
Figure 1 shows the classification of brain watershed infarcti.
Figure 1 The classification of cerebral watershed infarction (BMC Neurology, 2017, 17(1):16 ) Organized from: Yimaito.
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