hyperperfusion syndrome

hyperperfusion syndrome
a complex of symptoms that sometimes follows carotid endarterectomy procedures, consisting of headache, seizures, focal deficits, brain edema, and sometimes cerebral hemorrhage; the cause is believed to be loss of arterial regulatory ability on the side where an occlusion has been removed.

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