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what is a stroke?

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ACUTE onset of focal neurological symptoms and signs due to DISRUPTION OF BLOOD SUPPLY

= end organ complication of poor vascular health

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what are the 2 types of stroke?

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1) haemorrhagic

2) ischaemic

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what happens haemorrhagic stroke?

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= when bleeding occurs in inside or around brain tissue

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what happens in ischaemic stroke?

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= a clot blocks blood flow to an area of the brain

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what type of blood pressure causes haemorrhagic shock?

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raised high blood pressure

= HYPERTENSION

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what does a haemorrhagic shock to the vessel walls?

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= weakening and rupturing blood vessel walls

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in haemorrhagic shock, what causes the weakened blood vessels?

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  • structural abnormalities e.g. aneurysm, arteriovenous malformation (AVM) = abnormal and poorly formed blood vessels that have a higher rate of bleeding
  • inflammation of vessel wall
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what 3 things happen in ischaemic stroke?

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1) thrombotic
2) embolic
3) hypo perfusion

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what is a thrombosis, in iscahemic stroke?

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= clot blocking the artery AT SITE OF OCCLUSION

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what is an embolic, in iscahemic stroke?

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= clot blocking artery that has TRAVELLED to an artery to occlude from somewhere more proximal in the arteries of the heart

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what causes hypo perfusion in ischaemic stroke?

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= due to reduced flow of blood due to stenosed artery rather than occlusion of artery

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what are the 3 components that encompass thrombosis?

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1) endothelial injury
2) circulatory stasis
3) hyper-coagulable state

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what is the mechanism of athero- thrombotic stroke?

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1) atherogenesis
2) plaque
3) platelet aggregation
4) thrombosis
5) ischaemia

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what 2 things can happen between plaque and platelet aggregation?

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1) plaque rupture

2) vessel stenosis

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what does vessel stenosis cause?

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causes low blood flow

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what are the non-modifiable risk factors for stroke?

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  • age (incidence rises with age)
  • family history of stroke
  • gender
  • race
  • previous stroke
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what are the modifiable risk factors for stroke?

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  • hypertension
  • hyper-lipidaemia
  • smoking
  • alcohol excess
  • obesity
  • physical inactivity
  • poor socioeconomic status
  • prior history of transient ischaemic attack
  • atrial fibrillation
  • diabetes
  • congestive heart failure
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how can improvement in hypertension improve stroke?

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= a 10mm reduction in systolic BP reduces risk of CV events

- isolated systolic hypertension canincrease stroke risk

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how can smoking affect stroke?

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= doubles risk of ishaemic stroke

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when should statins be used?

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  • statins recommended in all patients with iscahemic stroke

NOT RECOMENDED in haemorrhagic stroke

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what are the 3 essential questions to ask yourself when investigating a stroke?

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1) is this a stroke?
2) what kind of stroke is it?
3) what has caused this?

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what is a stroke mimic?

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= conditions that present acutely with focal neurological signs but aren’t due to interrupted blood flow

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give examples of what might be the causes of stroke mimics?

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  • hypoglycaemia
  • seizures = postical states
  • migraine
  • other metabolic, hyperglycaemia, hyponatremia
  • space occupying lesions like brain tumours
  • functional hemiparesis (weakened one side of the body)
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what is the only way to differentiate between ischaemic and hemorrhagic stroke?

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what are the possibilities of imaging that could be done?
- CT brain +/- angiography - MRI with DWI (diffusion weighting imaging) +/- angiography - MRI with SWI (susceptibility weighing imaging) = looks for old haemosiderin deposits (old bleed)
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what is the imaging preference?
CT scan - NOT MRI
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in investigating iscahemic stroke, what are you trying to find?
- cause of thrombosis | - cause of embolism
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what tests would you perform in investigating iscahemic stroke?
Blood tests; - glucose - lipids - thrombophilia screen in young patients - assess for hypertension
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what is athero-embolism?
= embolism from a thrombus forming on an atherosclerosis plaque = platelet rich clots - infarcts in same side as affected carotid artery
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what is a cardioembolism?
= embolism forms a clot formed in heart (usually left atrium) = clothing factor rich clots - infarcts in more than one arteries territory, bilateral
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if query atheroembolism, what investigations would you do?
- carotid scanninng | - CT/MR angiography of aortic arch
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if query cardioembolism, what investigations would you do?
- ECG = AF = old iscahemic changes (mural thrombus) = LVH (suggests uncontrolled hypertension = commonest cause of AF) - echocardiogram (transthoracic, transeosphageal, bubble contrast study to look for intertribal connection) = 24hour, 5 day ECG monitor tests
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what are you trying to investigate in haemorrhagic stroke?
the cause of bleeding
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when and where is hypertension often seen?
- older patients | - deeper in the brian
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if theres a young person, who is not hypersensitive & has lobar (superficial) haemorrhage, what are you investigating for?
- aneurysm | - AVM
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what 2 things can you do to reverse iscahemic stroke?
1) thrombolysis = upto 4.5hours from onset of symptoms 2) thrombectomy = upto 6hours from symptoms onset, usually after having started thrombolysis = both are trim dependent treatments as brain tissue dies rapidly with any delay
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what does thrombolysis help with?
= tPA helps DISSOLVE BLOOD CLOT if given IV
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what is thrombectomy?
= REMOVES BLOOD CLOT | = pass a catheter up vessel and integrate into blood clot and taken into catheter and removed
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what drugs should you give to prevent next stroke? | - if atheroembolic or thrombus has caused it?
``` - Ant-iplatelets = (Aspirin 75 mg + Dipyridamole MR 200 mg twice daily/Clopidogrel 75 mg daily) - Statins to treat high lipids - Diabetes management - Hypertension management - Lifestyle advice ```
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what drugs should be given to prevent next stroke if stroke is due to atrial fibrillation?
= warfarin (Vit K antagonists) = direct acting oral anticoagulants (act by inhibiting clotting factors directly like factor X and thrombin) - rivaroxaban - dabigatran - apixaban - edoxaban
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what do anti-hypertensives do? when are anti-hypersensitive most important?
= control hypertension - mort important in coronary heart disease & peripheral heart disease
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what combination of drugs could reduce recurrent of stroke?
perindopril + indapamide
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what surgical management techniques could be done?
1) Haematoma evacuation 2) Relief of raised intracranial pressure - Obstructive hydrocephalus - Large total MCA infarctions 3) Carotid endarterectomy >70% stenosis in same sided internal carotid artery(as affected side of brain)
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what is transient ischaemic attacks (TIA)?
= temporary neurological symptoms due to occlusion of artery stopping flow of blood. - temporary b'cos arteries capable of dissolving small clots
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in a TIA, when do focal neurological symptoms resolve?
within 24houurs
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what are the chances of having a stroke after having had a TIA?
quite high
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what are some rarer causes of stroke?
- homocysteinemia - protein S, C antithrombin III deficiency - vasculitis - paradoxical embolism
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