CVA Review
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| What is the most common type of CVA? | Ischemic Strokes
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| What type of CVA is caused by arteriosclerosis? | Thrombotic Strokes
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| What type of CVA is caused by an embolus? | Embolic Strokes
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| What is the most common artery to find a hyperdense artery sign on? | Middle Cerebral Artery
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| How long is Tissue Plasminogen Activator effective for from the first sign of the patient’s symptoms? | 3 hours
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| Caused by a ruptured blood vessel | Hemorrhagic Stroke
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| How will an ischemic CVA appear within the first 12 hours of the infarct? | Triangular or wedge shaped hypodensity
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| Angioplasty & carotid endartectomy are treatment options for what type of stroke? | Ischemic Stroke
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| Why is speech therapy a treatment option for stroke patients? | They may have lost the cough reflux & may need to know which foods they can safely eat & drink without aspirating
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| What is the #1 risk factor for hemorrhagic strokes? | Hypertension
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| Where does a subarachnoid hemorrhagic stroke occur? | Posterior cerebral artery
Anterior communicating artery
Middle cerebral artery
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| Where do intraparenchymal CVA’s occur? | Within the brain itself
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| How are ischemic & hemorrhagic stroke symptoms differentiated? | Hemorrhagic usually have a sudden severe or thunderclap headache
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| Described as an oval homogenous hyperdensity | Intraparenchymal/intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke
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| Described as hyperdensities in normally CSF rich areas of the brain | Subarachnoid hemorrhagic stroke
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| How is a hemorrhagic stroke treated? | Surgery, endovascular coils, steroids, high blood pressure medications & angiography
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