title: [EEG recorded during the 1st 48 hours after a cerebral vascular accident as a result of carotid stenosis].
abstract: This article describes the principal EEG abnormalities noted during the first 48 hours of cerebro-vascular ischemic accidents due to carotid artery obstruction. No instances of slow delta waves were seen in the 60 cases of transient ischemic accident. In the 162 cases of cerebro-vascular accidents, all EEG abnormalities were correlated with the level of consciousness and thus add little to the clinical data with respect to the prediction of short-term mortality. However, in the 135 patients who presented a cerebro-vascular accident with no alterations of consciousness, the appearance of polymorphic delta waves or spikes (focalized or diffuse) within the first 48 h does significantly predict short-term mortality.
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: EEG enregistré dans les 48 heures suivant un accident vasculaire cérébral dû à une sténose carotidienne.