Contrast enhancement CT scan and post-endarterectomy hemorrhage.
Cerebral hemorrhage, an unusual complication of endarterectomy, is often attributed to postoperative hypertension. A patient with a middle cerebral artery stroke had a hemorrhage without hypertension, 2 days postoperatively. Pronounced contrast enhancement of the infarction during the 7 weeks prior to surgery reflected severe disruption of the blood-brain barrier. Contrast CT scans may detect patients at risk for post-endarterectomy hemorrhage even 2 months after a stroke or TIA.
D000368:Aged; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D004691:Endarterectomy; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D003287:Contrast Media