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Imaging Flashcards

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What does DSA stand for?

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Digital subtraction angiography

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What is considered the gold standard for visualizing the arteries in the brain

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Digital subtraction angiography

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What is TTE used for?

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To see wall motion abnormalities, low left ventricular ejection fraction (<20-30%), valvular abnormalities, and PFO.

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What can TEE show?

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Atria, left atrial appendage clot, size of PFO, PFO associated with atrial septal aneurysm, aortic arch atheroma

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Transcranial Doppler US (TCD) with bubble study is used to detect…

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Right to left shunt

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What is TCD used to detect?

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Monitoring vasospasm in SAH

To detect occlusion, recanalization, and reocclusion of the large intracranial arteries in real time

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What does a MRA show?

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The cerebral arterial anatomy.

Diagnose intracranial and extracranial stenosis, aneurysms, or dissections.

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What is CTP (CTperfusion) used for?

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Shows a better definition of ischemic brain tissue earlier than a non-contrast CT.
Requires more contrast, 2-4 axial slices, more radiation, and patient cooperation.

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Why are MRI/MRA done?

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  • To localize the lesion
  • To understand the mechanism
    + small vessel lacunar infarcts
    + large artery atherosclerosis
    + embolism
    + hemodynamic
    + venous
  • To differentiate between old and new using diffusion weighted sequence
  • To understand tissue physiology (perfusion imaging)
  • To look for stenosis, dissection, aneurysm, AVM
  • Incidental findings
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In what situations is a repeat CT helpful?

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To localize lesion in pts unable to have MRI
Evaluation of the deteriorating pt to assess
- mass effect/edema
- to look for hemorrhagic conversion
- to look for stroke reoccurrence

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Why is a CTA head/neck done?

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To look for arterial stenosis, dissection, aneurysm

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Why is a TTE (w/bubble study) done

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To assess embolic source
- anterior wall or apical akinesis
- clot
- valvular disease
- large PFO
To detect a low EF (20-30%)
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A TEE w/ bubble study can see what that a TTE cannot?

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Aortic atheroma
PFO
Atrial septal aneurysm
Spontaneous echo contrast
Left atrial appendage clot
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A carotid US is looking for

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Carotid Artery stenosis or occlusion

Direction of vertebral artery flow

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A TCD is used to detect

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  • Clot presence and lysis in the acute setting
  • Confirmation of intracranial stenosis/occlusion of major arteries seen on MRA or CTA
  • Emboli detection/ monitoring
  • When used with bubble study it is the least expensive/invasive way to screen for R -> L shunting
  • Hemodynamic reserve
  • Evaluate collateral flow patterns
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What is DSA used to detect?

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  • Gold standard for determining degree of stenosis

- Only way to definitively delineate and follow aneurysm or AVMs, dissection, vasculitis, or other arteriopathies

17
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What can a CT detect?

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Infarction 
Tumors
Hemorrhage - location and extent of SAH, pattern of hemorrhage
Calcification
Bone trauma 
Hydrocephalus 
Midline shift
18
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On a CT what do areas of dark and bright represent

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Dark = hypodense - indicates infarction and brain edema
Bright= hypersense - indicates calcifications and hemorrhage
19
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What do CT perfusion studies measure?

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Measures cerebral blood flow and ischemic tissue not yet infarcted.

20
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What is the purpose of performing a CT perfusion study

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To select pts for reprofusion therapy past the TPA window by identifying tissue at risk for infarction and

21
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Why is a CT Angiogram performed?

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It is the STANDARD for diagnosing cerebral aneurysms, AVMs, dissections and fistulas

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What is and why is a CTA performed

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Noninvasive 3D map of vessel anatomy.

Used to determine the presence of vessel abnormalities such as occlusions, AVM, and aneurysms

23
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What does a MRI show

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Contrast between different soft tissues

Can detect necrotic tissue, oxygen deprived tissue and degenerative diseases.

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