Total anterior circulation infarct

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Medical condition

Total anterior circulation infarct
Specialty	Neurology

Total anterior circulation infarct (TACI) is a type of cerebral infarction affecting the entire anterior circulation supplying one side of the brain. The anterior circulation is the part that is supplied by the internal carotid artery, as opposed to the posterior circulation, supplied by the vertebral arteries.

Total anterior circulation stroke syndrome (TACS) refers to the symptoms of a patient who clinically appears to have had a total anterior circulation infarct, but who has not yet had any diagnostic imaging (e.g. CT Scan) to confirm the diagnosis.

It is diagnosed when it causes all 3 of the following symptoms:

Higher dysfunction
- Dysphasia
- Visuospatial disturbances
- Decreased level of consciousness
Homonymous hemianopia
Motor and Sensory Defects (≥2/3 of face, arm, leg)

For more information, see stroke.

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Classification	D ICD-9-CM: 433.1

Cerebrovascular diseases including stroke

Ischaemic stroke

Brain	Anterior cerebral artery syndrome Middle cerebral artery syndrome Posterior cerebral artery syndrome Amaurosis fugax Moyamoya disease Dejerine–Roussy syndrome Watershed stroke Lacunar stroke
Brain stem	Brainstem stroke syndrome Medulla Medial medullary syndrome Lateral medullary syndrome Pons Medial pontine syndrome / Foville's Lateral pontine syndrome / Millard-Gubler Midbrain Weber's syndrome Benedikt syndrome Claude's syndrome
Cerebellum	Cerebellar stroke syndrome
Extracranial arteries	Carotid artery stenosis precerebral Anterior spinal artery syndrome Vertebrobasilar insufficiency Subclavian steal syndrome
Classification	Brain ischemia Cerebral infarction Classification Transient ischemic attack Total anterior circulation infarct Partial anterior circulation infarct
Other	CADASIL Binswanger's disease Transient global amnesia

Haemorrhagic stroke

Extra-axial	Epidural Subdural Subarachnoid
Cerebral/Intra-axial	Intraventricular
Brainstem	Duret haemorrhages
General	Intracranial hemorrhage

Aneurysm

Intracranial aneurysm
- Charcot–Bouchard aneurysm

Other

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Types of stroke