Cerebrovascular Accident Flashcards
Location of CST at the brainstem
Ventral and Medial
Location of CST at the Internal Capsule
Posterior Limb
Two parts of the cerebral peduncle
Tegmentum and Crus Cerebri
Location of CST in Midbrain
Middle 3rd - ventral part (crus cerebri)
Location of decussation of CST in the Medulla
Pyramid
Two decussations of CST
Lateral CST (90%) and Anterior CST (10%)
Lateral CST supplies what area?
Appendicular Muscles
Anterior CST supplies what area?
Axial Muscles
What is the boundary of an upper and lower motor neuron?
Anterior Horn Cell
UMNL or LMNL: Hypertonia
UMNL
UMNL or LMNL: Bulbar Palsy
LMNL
Atrophy of LMNL
Denervated Atrophy (Severe Muscle Wasting)
UMNL or LMNL: Increase DTR
UMNL
Gold Standard of UMNL
Babinski sign
UMNL or LMNL: Flaccidity
LMNL
Atrophy of UMNL
Disused Atrophy (Anti-gravity muscle)
UMNL or LMNL: Spasticity
UMNL
UMNL or LMNL: Pseudobulbar Palsy and Effect
UMNL
UMNL or LMNL: Spontaneous muscle activity
LMNL
What innervates the Bulbar tract?
Spinal Nerve
What innervates the Pseudobulbar tract?
Cranial Nerve
Sudden onset of neurologic dysfunction secondary to loss of blood supply
Cerebrovascular Accident
Duration of CVA
> 24 hours
Duration of TIA
<24 hours
“Mini-stroke”
Transient Ischemic Attack
Age of stroke in the young
<45 years old
“Stroke in Evolution”
Deteriorating Stroke
The common cause of Stroke in the Young
Hemorrhagic
The common cause of Reversible Ischemic Neurologic deficit
Brain swelling / Swelling
The common cause of Deteriorating Stroke
Thrombus
Duration of Reversible Ischemic Neurologic deficit
> 24 hours to weeks
Braddom: TIA
(-) evidence of infarction upon the brain imaging
Anterior Blood Circulation
LCC & RCC –> ICA and ECA –> OCA, MCA, ACA, AComm
Watershed of MCA
Lenticulostriate
The largest terminal branch of ICA
MCA
Only stroke syndrome that can be asymptomatic
ACA
Watershed of ACA
Heubner
Innervation of Lenticulostriate
Posterior limb of the internal capsule and basal ganglia
Innervation of Heubner
Anterior limb of the internal capsule and globus pallidus
Areas where there is the least blood supply
Watershead
Posterior Blood Circulation
L & R subclavian –> Axillary & Vertebral –> Basilar –> PCA
The location of the vertebral artery combines to become a basilar artery
C6
The location where vertebrobasilar artery splits to become PCA
Midbrain
Branch of the vertebrobasilar artery in the medulla
PICA
Branches of the vertebrobasilar artery in the pons
AICA and Superior CA
PICA supplies what area of the brain?
Cerebellum and Lateral Medulla
Superior CA supplies what area of the brain?
Cerebellum and Lateral-Superior Pons
AICA supplies what area of the brain?
Cerebellum and Lateral-Inferior Pons
True or False: If affectation is AICA, PICA, or SUCA, there is an affectation of CST
False
In general, the brainstem is supplied by what artery?
Vertebrobasilar Artery
Weber is supplied by what artery?
Vertebrobasilar Artery and PCA
Components of Circle of Willis
ICA, ACA, AComm, PComm, PCA, Vertebrobasilar Artery
5 non-modifiable risk factors of CVA
Age, Gender, Race, Family History, Previous Stroke
7 modifiable risk factors of CVA
Heart Disease, Hypertension, Smoking, DM, Obesity, Hyperlipidemia, Previous Stroke
Gender predominantly affected in CVA
M>F
Gender predominantly affected in CVA in age >85 years old
Female
A race predominantly affected in CVA
African-American
Hyperlipidemia: Bad LDL
<100mg/dL
Hyperlipidemia: Total Cholesterol
<200mg/dL
Hyperlipidemia: Good HDL
> 60mg/dL
Percentage of the prevalence of hemorrhagic
20%
Percentage of the prevalence of ischemic
80%
Two etiology under hemorrhagic stroke
Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
The most common cause of ICH
Hypertension
“Pseudoaneurysm”
Charcot Bouchard Aneurysm
Abnormal dilation of blood vessel
Aneurysm
Charcot Bouchard Aneurysm is common at what location in the brain?
Basal Ganglia
Aneurysm caused by?
Idiopathic
Charcot Bouchard Aneurysm caused by?
Long term hypertension
Five ICH sites
Putamen, Subcortical White Matter, Thalamus, Pons, Cerebellum
The most common site of ICH
Putamen
The least common site of ICH
Cerebellum
The most common cause of young stroke
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Two cause of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Saccular Aneurysm and Arteriovenous Malformation
Saccular Aneurysm and Arteriovenous Malformation ruptured when?
4th-5th decade of life
Saccular Aneurysm and Arteriovenous Malformation occur when?
Congenital
“Berry Aneurysm”
Saccular Aneurysm
(+) Tangled web of arteries
Arteriovenous Malformation
The chief complaint of patients with Saccular Aneurysm Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Worst headache in my life
The diameter of Berry Aneurysm that will lead to rupture
> 10mm
Saccular Aneurysm sites of hemorrhage
Anterior Circulation: AComm, MCA, and ICA
Saccular Aneurysm MC site of hemorrhage
AComm
Triad of AVM
Hemorrhage, Seizures, Migrane
Three etiology of Ischemic Stroke
Thrombotic, Embolic, Lacunar