Imaging
Which imaging modality is used most often at Ronald Reagan for code strokes?
MRI
What does tPA stand for?
Tissue Plasminogen Activator
A suspected acute stroke patient enters the ED with strong left gaze deviation. Which hemisphere would you localize the lesion to?
Left hemisphere
Which lobe is Broca's area located in?
Frontal Lobe
The influx of which ion leads to excitotoxicity in ischemic stroke?
Ca2+
These two MRI sequences are compared when determining the penumbra
PWI and DWI
IV tPA should generally not be administered more than _____ hours post last known well time (LKWT)
4.5
A neurologist informs you that a patient is showing signs of expressive aphasia. What is another name for this type of aphasia?
Broca's, non-fluent
What lobes are supplied by the MCA
lateral frontal, temporal, parietal
What test can be used to distinguish Bell's Palsy from stroke?
Eyebrow test
Hyperintensity on FLAIR indicates that the tissue has been infarcted for _____ hours
6 or more
What stroke treatment could be appropriate for use in in a large vessel occlusion but not a lacunar infarct?
Endovascular Thrombectomy
Is leg paralysis more likely to be a symptom of a MCA or ACA stroke?
ACA
Lenticulostriate arteries
Locked-in syndrome can result from occlusion of which artery?
Basilar artery
What two sequences are compared when determining the ischemic core?
DWI and ADC
What class of drugs do aspirin and heparin fall into, respectively?
Anti-platelet and anti-coagulant
A code stroke patient enters the ED complaining of headache, nausea/vomiting, and you notice them slipping in and out of consciousness as they are taken to imaging. These symptoms suggest that the patient may be suffering from a:
Hemorrhagic stroke
The internal capsule is located between which set of structures?
The basal ganglia
When was SST founded by Dr. Starkman?
1992
What color is blood on GRE? on CT?
Black, White
What is the range of scores possible for the mRS and NIHSS?
mRS: 0-6
NIHSS:0-42
"Man in a Barrel" Syndrome can result from what type specific of stroke?
Watershed strokes
Which major artery connected to/in the Circle of Willis can become completely occluded with little to no resulting symptoms?
The internal carotid artery
Prosopagnosia is also known as:
Face blindness