| Data Element Name: | Site of Primary Vessel Occlusion | ||||||
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| Collected For: | CSTK-08, CSTK-11, CSTK-12 | ||||||
| Definition: | Documentation in the medical record of the clinical location of the primary occluded vessel. | ||||||
| Suggested Data Collection Question: | What cerebral artery is occluded? | ||||||
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1 Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) 2 A1 ACA 3 Anterior communicating artery 4 Internal carotid artery (ICA) 5 ICA terminus (T-lesion; T occlusion) 6 Middle cerebral artery (MCA) 7 M1 MCA 8 M2 MCA 9 M3/M4 MCA 10 Vertebral artery (VA) 11 Basilar artery (BA) 12 Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) 13 Other cerebral artery branch/segment 14 The clinical location of the primary occluded vessel was not documented, OR unable to determine (UTD) from the medical record documentation. | ||||||
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