Cerebrovascular Disease And Infections Dr. Martin Flashcards
ACA problem causes what
- upper motor weakness, sensory loss (contralateral hemiplegia)
- contralateral LEG*
- Alien Hand Syndrome = semiautomatic movements or contralateral arm not voluntarily controlled
PCA problem causes what
contralateral homonymous HEMIANOPIA (loss of vision for half of visual field on 1 or both eyes)
MCA problem causes what
- Aphasia
- hemineglect : X awareness of half of body
- hemianopia
- face-arm-leg sensorimotor loss
- gaze preference towards lesion***
- Lacunes : small deep infarcts in MCA branches (small lakes)
Most common artery effected by infarcts and ischemic events
MCA
stroke vs TIA
stroke = SX acute and last longer then 24hrs TIA = SX acute and last less then 24hrs
= RESULTS in infarction
most common cerebrovascular disorders 4
- global ischemia (low BP, CO poisoning, low P, cardiac arrest)
- Embolism (atherosclerotic clot)
- ruptured aneurysm
- hypertensive intraparenchymal hemorrhage (from htn)
reduced BF to brain , what factors infulance survival
- Collateral circulation (Circle of Willis is intact)
- ischemic duration
- amount and acuteness of BF decrease
focal ischemia
embolic, thrombotic, vasculitides (polyarteritis nodosa, primary angiitis), htn artherosclerosis
Watershed infarcts is what and location
most susceptible to ischemia and infarction (inbetween ACA and MCA)
= sickle shaped necrosis over cerebral convexity lateral to interhemispheric fissure
ACA-MCA problem can happen from what and effects
- occlusion internal carotid artery
- hypotension in carotid stenosis
= proximal leg/arm weakness
= aphasia (language problems)
MCA-PCA problem effects
higher order visual processing
cortical border infarction
ACA-MCA and MCA-PCA zones
Internal border zone
infarct in the white matter only
between lenticulostriate arteries and other branches of MCA or ACA
atherosclerosis happens most likely in what CNS artery and which artery can get effected if thrombi is thrown
- internal carotid artery
- ACA and MCA (sometimes ophthalmic artery) —-> contralateral leg/arm weakness + sensory loss, contralateral visual probs, aphasia
TX carotid stenosis
angioplasty, stenting, endarterectomy
most common sites for thrombi
- carotid bifurcation
- MCA origin
- either end basilar artery
thrombi cause what type of infarct
wedge shaped infarct
artery most effected by embolic infarction
MCA
marantic emboli
proteinaceous embolic (non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis) NBTE, malignancy OR CHILD BIRTH AMNIOTIC FLUID
shower emboli
fat after long bone fracture
bone marrow embolization in brain shows up where
in the white matter all over as brown specs