Abstract
The intracranial arterial circulation is divided into:
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anterior circulation, with the internal carotid artery (ICA), its branches, the anterior communicating artery (ACoA) and the posterior communicating artery (PCoA);
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posterior circulation with the distal segment of the vertebral arteries (VA), the basilar artery (BA) and its branches.
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Raz, E., Tinelli, E., D’Ambrosio, F., Caramia, F. (2013). Intracranial Circulation. In: Catalano, C., Anzidei, M., Napoli, A. (eds) Cardiovascular CT and MR Imaging. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2868-5_5
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