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Cerebrovascular Disease And Infections Dr. Martin Flashcards

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ACA problem causes what

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  1. upper motor weakness, sensory loss (contralateral hemiplegia)
  2. contralateral LEG*
  3. Alien Hand Syndrome = semiautomatic movements or contralateral arm not voluntarily controlled
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PCA problem causes what

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contralateral homonymous HEMIANOPIA (loss of vision for half of visual field on 1 or both eyes)

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MCA problem causes what

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  1. Aphasia
  2. hemineglect : X awareness of half of body
  3. hemianopia
  4. face-arm-leg sensorimotor loss
  5. gaze preference towards lesion***
  6. Lacunes : small deep infarcts in MCA branches (small lakes)
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Most common artery effected by infarcts and ischemic events

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MCA

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stroke vs TIA

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stroke = SX acute and last longer then 24hrs 
TIA = SX acute and last less then 24hrs

= RESULTS in infarction

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most common cerebrovascular disorders 4

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  1. global ischemia (low BP, CO poisoning, low P, cardiac arrest)
  2. Embolism (atherosclerotic clot)
  3. ruptured aneurysm
  4. hypertensive intraparenchymal hemorrhage (from htn)
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reduced BF to brain , what factors infulance survival

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  1. Collateral circulation (Circle of Willis is intact)
  2. ischemic duration
  3. amount and acuteness of BF decrease
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focal ischemia

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embolic, thrombotic, vasculitides (polyarteritis nodosa, primary angiitis), htn artherosclerosis

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Watershed infarcts is what and location

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most susceptible to ischemia and infarction (inbetween ACA and MCA)
= sickle shaped necrosis over cerebral convexity lateral to interhemispheric fissure

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ACA-MCA problem can happen from what and effects

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  1. occlusion internal carotid artery
  2. hypotension in carotid stenosis
    = proximal leg/arm weakness
    = aphasia (language problems)
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MCA-PCA problem effects

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higher order visual processing

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cortical border infarction

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ACA-MCA and MCA-PCA zones

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Internal border zone

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infarct in the white matter only

between lenticulostriate arteries and other branches of MCA or ACA

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atherosclerosis happens most likely in what CNS artery and which artery can get effected if thrombi is thrown

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  1. internal carotid artery
  2. ACA and MCA (sometimes ophthalmic artery) —-> contralateral leg/arm weakness + sensory loss, contralateral visual probs, aphasia
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TX carotid stenosis

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angioplasty, stenting, endarterectomy

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most common sites for thrombi

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  1. carotid bifurcation
  2. MCA origin
  3. either end basilar artery
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thrombi cause what type of infarct

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wedge shaped infarct

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artery most effected by embolic infarction

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MCA

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marantic emboli

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proteinaceous embolic (non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis) NBTE, malignancy OR CHILD BIRTH AMNIOTIC FLUID

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shower emboli

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fat after long bone fracture

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21
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bone marrow embolization in brain shows up where

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in the white matter all over as brown specs

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21
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bone marrow embolization in brain shows up where

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in the white matter all over as brown specs

22
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most common malignancy causing hypercoagability

A

adenocarcinoma

23
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TIA usually lasts how long and when is there permanent cell death
causes of TIA

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  1. 10min, if longer there can be permanent damage ( >1hr infarct only full recovery in 1 day)
  2. previous TIA, hypoglycemia (elderly), migraines, seizures, other conditions
24
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TIA risks

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15% stroke within 3mo
50% stroke in 48hrs
NEUROLOGIC EM NEED TO BE WATCHED IN HOSPITAL

25
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MOA of TIA

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emobli occludes and then dissolves

or Vasospasm

26
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hemorrhagic vs ischemic stroke

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HEMORRHAGIC (RED) = intra-cerebral or subarachnoid, from EMBOLI, hemorrhage from reperfusion of damaged vessels —> Blood leaks out

ISCHEMIC (WHITE) = bloodless, from THROMBI (fibrin and hard), can become hemorrhagic if BV rupture

27
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ischemic stroke happens mostly in what artery

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MCA** (also basilar, vertebral = surface vessels that can be compressed)

also deep arteries like Basal Ganglia BVs, internal capsule

28
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bleed in Basal Ganglia and other deep arteries like thalamus, internal capsule can cause what

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can go into ventricles causing hydrocephalus (MCA deep branches can do this)

29
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hypertensive cerebrovascular Dz can cause what

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  1. Lacunar infarcts : deep arteries like lenticulostriate arteries **
  2. Slit hemorrhages : small caliber penetrating vessels —-> slit like cavities
    3 Hypertensive encephalopathy (clinicopathologic syndrome) = Malignant HTN causes this, deep brain parenchymal hemorrhages
30
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  1. Lacunar infarcts in internal capsule (LENTICULOSTRIATE As) can cause
  2. Thalamic lacune
  3. Basal Ganglia Lacune
A
  1. motor hemiparesis
  2. contralateral sensory problems
  3. hemiballismus (involuntary movements)
31
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hypertensive encephalopathy can cause what

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  1. deep brain parenchymal hemorrhages**
  2. vascular multi-infarct dementia (pseudobulbular palsy, gait probs)
  3. Binswanger Dz : LG of subcortical white matter myelin + axon loss
  4. Charcot- Bouchard Microaneurysms (chronic hypertension) small in BG
32
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pseudobulbular palsy

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can control facial movements (chewing, speaking, swallowing
slurred speech, uncontrolled emotions, brain stem neural damage going to corticobulbular tract (Upper motor –> cranial nerve motor nuclei)

33
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gene for recurrent strokes

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NOTCH 3 gene (Cerebral AD Arteriopahty with subcortical Infarcts + Leukoencephalopathy CADSIL)

34
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cerebral amyloid angioplasty CAA

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lobar hemorrhage

=a B-amyloid deposit in BVs (same as in Alz Dz) —-> microbleeds

35
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CADASIL

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Cerebral AD Arteriopahty with subcortical Infarcts + Leukoencephalopathy
= recurrent stokes by around 35yo, then after 10-15 years (NOTCH 3)
= media and adventiti thickens + loss of SM in BVs,
= PAS+ deposits

36
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hyaline arteriosclerosis seen when

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hypertensive bleed

37
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stroke in young pt think

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  1. hypercoag Dz
  2. arterial dissection
  3. PFO
  4. sickle cell
38
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most common cause of subarachnoid hemorrhage

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Berry Aneurysm (Saccular Aneurysm)

39
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most proximal aneurysm in circle of willis causes

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basilar subarachnoid hemorrhage

40
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saccular aneurysm is what and common sites

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ANTERIOR CIRCULATION (ACA) mostly**

  • MCA
  • Posterior Com A
  • Basilar A
41
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atherosclerotic aneurysm happens where and aneurysms form when

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mostly in basilar A

not during birth, over time from BV media defect

42
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mycotic aneurysm is caused by

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  1. candida
  2. Mucor
  3. Aspergillous
43
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rupture of aneurysm happens mostly from and prevalence

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more in F, AD PKD, EDS type 4, Neurofibromatosis type1, Marfans

  • orgasm
  • stool straining

(2% population has berry aneurysm)

44
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Aneurysms feel like what and survival

A

worst headache ever
25%-50% die from first rupture
(common to rebleed)
(subarachnoid hemorrhage as its healing can still get vasospasm from blood exposed to BVs ESP IF AT BASE OR CIRCLE OF WILLIS)

45
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TX Berry aneurysm

A

clip and coil

superglue

46
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cavernous malformations

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distended loosely organized vascular channels (no parenchyma
= cause hemorrhage or SAH
=10-30yo

47
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AVM location and what is it

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in subarachnoid space hemorrhage
= in parenchyma
= worm like tangle of BV+ pulsatile arteriovenous shunting high BF (A–> V without going through capillaries)

48
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AVM happens most likely in what A

A

MCA (and at times PCA)

49
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AVM mutation association

50
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how an AVM can be TX

A

inject glue into it

51
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vascular Dementia causes what

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  1. dementia
  2. gait problems
  3. psudobulbar sign (CN4,5,7 lesion) cant control face muscles
52
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Vascular Dementia can be caused by

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artherosclerosis
thrombus
chronic HTN

53
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Binswanger Dz.

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subcortical white matter loss = dementia (type of vascular dementia)

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