CVA Flashcards
-refers to a functional abnormality of the CNS that occurs when the blood supply to the brain is disrupted
Cerebrovascular Disorders
-results from ischemiato a part of the brain or hemorrhage into the brain that results in death of brain cells.
-physical, cognitive, emotional, & financial impact
-stroke
Cerebrovascular Accident
lack of blood supply
ischemia
temporary focal loss of neurologic function caused by ischemia (analogous to angina in CAD)
Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA)
-may be due to micro-emboli that temporarily block blood flow
• most resolve within 3 hours
Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA)
warning sign of progressive cerebrovascular disease
Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA)
neurologic metabolism is altered
> 30
metabolism stops
2 minutes
brain cell death
<5 mins
brain dead
10-15 mins
how many percentage of cardiac output goes to the brain
20% (approximately 750-1000ml per minute)
cell death
infarction
Non modifiable risk factors for CVA
•age - occurrence doubles each decade >55 years
•gender - equal for men & women; women die more frequently than men
•race - African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans,
Asian Americans – higher incidence
• heredity - family history, prior transient ischemic attack, or prior stroke increases risk
Modifiable risk factors for CVA
*High blood pressure
* Diabetes
Cigarette smoking
TIA
* High blood cholesterol
Obesity
Heart disease
Atrial fibrillation
Oral contraceptive use
Physical inactivity - sedentary
Sickle cell disease.
Asymptomatic carotid stenosis
Hypercoagulability
thrombotic - plaque
•embolic
-occlusion
ischemic 87%
most common CVA
ischemic
-intracerebral hemorrhage
•subarachnoid hemorrhage
-bleeding
Hemorrhagic
13%
hemorrhagic
• inadequate blood flow to the brain from partial or complete occlusions of an artery
Ischemic
extent of ischemic stroke depends on?
-rapidity of onset
-size of the lesion
-presence of collateral circulation
-mechanism of brain wherein it will find a new route or new artery for blood supple if there is blockage
collateral circulation
TYPE OF ISCHEMIC
-formation of plaques in the large and small vessels of the brain
-starts with injury to a blood vessel wall and formation of blood clot then thrombosis develops from atherosclerotic plaque from narrowed blood vessels.
thrombotic
-lumen of the blood vessels narrow → then becomes occluded → infarction
thrombotic
common type of ischemic stroke
thrombotic
what diseases do thrombotic associated with?
HPN and diabetes mellitus
->60% of strokes.
-50% are preceded by TIA
thrombotic
development of cavity in place of infarcted brain tissue - results in considerable deficits - motor hemiplegia, contralateral loss of sensation or motor ability
lacunar stroke
left or right stroke
hemiplegia
upper or lower
* for spinal cord injury only, hindi sa stroke
paraplegia
whole body weakness
tetraplagia
new term for tetraplegia
quadraplegia
-common sites of atherosclerosis in the brain (thrombotic)
• external carotid artery
• left and right common carotid artery
• left and right subclavian artery
O innominate artery
-associated with cardiac disorders
-embolus lodges in and occludes a cerebral artery
embolic
embolic results in?
infarction & cerebral edema of the area supplied by the vessel
second most common cause of stroke 24%
embolic
-emboli originate in endocardial layer of the heart
- atrial fibrillation, MI, infective endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, valvular prostheses