Vascular Flashcards
MC congenital hypercoagulable disorder
Factor 5 Leiden – resistance to activated protein C
MC acquired hypercoagulable disorder
Smoking
Stages of atherosclerosis
Foam cells (macrophages that have absorbed fat and lipids), smooth muscle proliferation, intimal disruption
MC risk factor for CVA
HTN
MC stie of stenosis in carotid
Bifurcation
T/F ICA has continuous forward flow
True
T/F ECA has triphasic flow
True
First branch of ICA
Opthalmic artery
First branch of ECA
S. thyroid a.
Most commonly diseased intracranial artery
MCA
Cerebral ischemic events are most likely 2/2
arterial embolization from ICA (not thrombosis); can occur through low flow state
Most common second source of emboli in CVA
Heart
ACA/MCA/PCA events
ACA: AMS, release, slowing
MCA: Contralateral motor/speech, fac droop
PCA: Vertigo, tinnitus, drop attacks, incoordination
Carotid traumatic injury with fixed deficit
If occluded, do not repair
If not occluded, repair – stent or open
When to repair carotid
> 50% & symptomatic
>70% & asymptomatic
Emergent CEA
Fluctuating neurologic symptoms or creschendo/evolving TIA