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The way that I approach index card art, and what I encourage challengers to do, is to focus on the act of making rather than a specific “finished” end result. Art to be displayed, collected, traded, gifted & enjoyed, but not created with the intention of selling. At this moment (written as of the 6th annual challenge, June 2016), I think of index card art in a category with Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) and mail art. A sort of ephemeral art created not as permanent art or high art. So ICAD is an acronym - a term of endearment - that folks doing the Index-Card-a-Day Challenge started referring to creative work on index cards. As such decompressive craniectomy is advocated by many as a life-saving procedure.I've been mulling over the concept of ICADs. Treatment of middle cerebral artery infarcts is the same as infarcts anywhere else in the anterior circulation (see cerebral infarction) except that due to the size of the involved territory the degree of mass effect resulting from infarction can be marked and life-threatening. Other than demonstrating the typical distribution of affected tissue or occlusion of the vessel on MRA, appearances of a middle cerebral artery infarct are similar to those of infarcts anywhere else (see cerebral infarction).
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With time the hypo-attenuation and swelling become more marked, and in patients with the majority of the MCA territory affected the mass effect is often dramatic and life-threatening, sometimes requiring a decompressive craniectomy.Īs time passes the infarct undergoes a gradual reduction in swelling and mass effect (see cerebral infarction).
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As such in many cases, only parts of the middle cerebral artery territory are affected. It should also be noted that middle cerebral artery infarcts are often incomplete affecting only perforator branches or one or more distal branches. For both CT and MRI it is worth dividing the features according to the time course. There are however certain features specific to middle cerebral artery infarct, and these are discussed below. As such these features are discussed in the generic article: cerebral infarction. Generally, the features are those of cerebral infarction, similar to those seen in any other territory. aphasia: if the dominant hemisphere is involved may be expressive in anterior MCA territory infarction, receptive in posterior MCA stroke, or global with extensive infarction.The neurological deficit will depend on the extent of the infarct and hemispheric dominance, and include: