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Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
after TIA or Acute Ischemic ... worsening or clinical ... CT or MRI within ... CT or MRI within ... #CVA #neurology
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
• Non-contrast CT ... brain w/o contrast ... #CVA #stroke #workup ... #diagnosis #checklist ... #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
Management Algorithm Clinical ... speech • Time is brain ... Immediate Workup Ischemic ... #differential #neurology ... #CVA
Evolution of stroke on CT and MRI. 

Day 1: NCHCT demonstrates obscure left insular cortex. No
on CT and MRI. ... thought to represent ischemic ... #Stroke #CVA #MRI ... Progression #Timeline #Neurology ... #Radiology #Findings
Evolution of MRI Findings in Stroke

MR images at five subsequent time points in a 67-year-old woman
Evolution of MRI ... row) of an acute ischemic ... #CVA #Clinical ... #Radiology #Interpretation ... #Findings #Neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... may precede the neurologic ... /CTA • Anterior ... Constipation, Seizures, Stroke ... #management #neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
- Atypical Clinical ... , facial nerve ischemia ... atypical symptoms): MRI ... +gad (stroke, CN7 ... , parotid), CT (
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... b) CHF c) CVA ... Change in clinical ... • <6mo since stroke ... stratification #diagnosis
One and a Half Syndrome on Physical Exam

This 28 year old patient presented to clinic with
Entering VA was ... this are tumors, strokes ... MRI was ordered ... the hospital, diagnosed ... ophthalmology #neurology
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
made by a CT scan ... The diagnosis can ... as well as an MRA ... CardiacCTA #CCTA #clinical ... #cardiology #radiology