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Restarting Anticoagulation after TIA or Acute Ischemic Stroke

 • TIA → Consider (re-) starting a NOAC
worsening or clinical ... or MRI within 24 ... or MRI within 24 ... #CVA #neurology ... #management
Progression of Imaging Findings in Acute Stroke - Timeline
Onset → Hours → Days → Weeks →
• Non-Enhanced CT ... CBarreraMD #CVA ... #Timeline #diagnosis ... #Progression #radiology ... #neurology
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Drift Testing for Stroke ... In detecting CT ... /MRI abnormality ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #neurology #cva
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
• Non-contrast CT ... Defined if 1) CT ... #stroke #workup ... #diagnosis #checklist ... #neurology
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
and Management ... Algorithm Clinical ... #Management #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Indications for tPA in Stroke:
 • Clinical diagnosis of ischemic stroke
 • Measurable neurologic deficit
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: • Clinical diagnosis ... of ischemic stroke ... • Measurable neurologic ... #cva #management ... #neurology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
and Management ... thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT ... /MRI) 2. ... Symptoms - Prevent Stroke ... #Management #Cardiology
Evolution of stroke on CT and MRI. 

Day 1: NCHCT demonstrates obscure left insular cortex. No
Evolution of stroke ... on CT and MRI. ... #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
Findings in Stroke ... #Progression #Stroke ... #CVA #Clinical ... #Radiology #Interpretation ... #Findings #Neurology
CHADSVASc Score - Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation

A clinical mnemonic to estimate stroke risk in atrial
CHADSVASc Score - Stroke ... Fibrillation A clinical ... Vascular disease (MI ... AFib #CHADS2VASc #Diagnosis ... #neurology #cardiology