Stroke: Thrombi, Emboli, Hemorrhage, Aneurysms, Athersclerosis, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Cerebral Vascular Disease

Stroke: Thrombi, Emboli, Hemorrhage, Aneurysms, Athersclerosis, Transient Ischemic Attacks, Cerebral Vascular Disease...
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Stroke & Brain Damage Due to Cerebral Vascular Disease - 3
Stroke: Cerebral Infarcts - 6
Functional Anatomy of the Heart & Arterial System - 10
Oxygenation - 10
Arterial Cerebral Pathways - 12
Blood Supply of the Brain - 13
The Carotid System - 13
Middle Cerebral Artery - 14
Anterior Cerebral Artery - 14
Opthalamic Artery - 16
Anterior Choroidal - 16
Vertebral System - 16
Vertebral Arteries - 17
Basilar Artery - 17
Posterior Cerebral Artery - 18
Cerebral Vascular Disease of the Arteries - 20
Atherosclerosis - 22
Hypertension - 24
Hypertensive Encephalopathy - 26
Thrombi - 26
Clot Formation - 26
Obstructive Influences - 28
Susceptible Arteries - 33
Risk Factors - 37
Cerebral Ischemia - 38
Risk Factors - 41
Recovery & Mortality - 42
Thrombi, Emboli & Transient Ischemic Attacks - 43
Thrombi - 43
Obstructive Influences - 45
Thrombosis - 47
Embolism - 47
Lacunar Strokes - 49
Multi-infarct Dementia - 49
Ischemia & Heart Disease - 50
Myocardial Infarction - 51
Global Ischemia - 51
Valvular Insufficiency - 51
Fibrillation - 52
Mitral Valve Prolapse - 52
Vosospasm - 52
Murmurs - 53
Heart Surgery - 53
Heart Transplants - 54
Emboli & the Carotid & Left Middle Cerebral Artery - 57
Onset - 58
Embolic Hemorrhage - 60
Transient Ischemic Attacks - 62
Hemispheric TIAs - 62
Vertebral Basilar TIAs - 63
TIA & Stroke - 65
Risk Factors - 65
Hemorrhage - 66
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - 67
Cerebral Intracerebral Hemorrhage - 68
Embolic Hemorrhage - 70
Aneurysms, AVMs, Hemorrhage 72
Ischemia & Hemorrhagic Infarcts - 72
Aneurysm - 75
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy - 80
Arteriovenous Malformations AVM - 81
Drug Induced Hemorrhages - 84
Localized Hemorrhagic Symptoms - 85
Internal Capsule Hemorrhage - 85
Thalamic Hemorrhage - 85
Pontine Hemorrhage-85
Cerebellar Hemorrhage - 85
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, & Occipital Hemorrhage - 86
Hemorrhages & Strokes - Arterial Syndromes - 86
Internal Carotid Artery Syndromes - 86
Middle Cerebral Artery Syndromes - 87
Anterior Cerebral Artery Syndromes - 87
Vertebral Basilar Artery Syndromes - 88
Lateral Medullary Syndrome - 88
Medial Medullary Syndrome - 89
Vertebral Artery Trauma - 89
Basilar Artery Syndromes - 89
Locked-In Syndrome - 90
Posterior Cerebral Artery Syndromes - 90
Cerebellar Artery Syndrome - 91
Differential Diagnosis: Carotid vs Vertebral System - 91
Recovery & Mortality - 91
Summary - 93