CVA BASICS
This disease occurs when blood flow to the brain is blocked or a vessel ruptures.
What is a cerebrovascular accident (stroke)?
A stroke caused by a disruption in blood flow to the brain from a clot or embolism.
What is an ischemic stroke?
This type of risk factor is one that you can actively work to control.
What is a modifiable risk factor?
These layered membranes protect the brain and spinal cord.
What are the meninges?
The spinal cord contains this many segments.
What are 31 segments?
This phrase emphasizes the urgency of stroke treatment.
What is “Time is Brain”?
A medication also known as alteplase used to dissolve clots
What is tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)?
Age, race, and gender are examples of these.
What are non-modifiable risk factors?
The outermost meningeal layer attached to the skull.
What is the dura mater?
Butterfly-shaped tissue in the center of the spinal cord.
What is gray matter?
The most common type of stroke, accounting for about 87% of all cases.
What is an ischemic CVA?
A procedure involving physical removal of a clot from a vessel.
What is mechanical thrombectomy?
Diabetes, smoking, and poor diet fall under this category of risk factors.
What are modifiable risk factors?
The innermost layer that directly lines the brain and spinal cord.
What is the pia mater?
This type of matter contains mostly axons.
What is white matter?
Another name for a hemorrhagic stroke.
What is an intracranial hemorrhage?
Allowing higher blood pressure during stroke care when not contraindicated.
What is permissive hypertension?
This type of anemic blood disorder increases stroke risk, and is a modifiable risk factor if well-controlled
What is sickle cell disease?
The space containing cerebrospinal fluid.
What is the subarachnoid space?
Tracts that carry sensory information to the brain.
What are ascending tracts?
An abnormal connection between arteries and veins in the brain that can cause a hemorrhagic CVA when it ruptures.
What is an arteriovenous malformation (AVM)?
This heart rhythm disorder significantly increases stroke risk.
What is atrial fibrillation?
Disease of the neck arteries that can reduce blood flow to the brain that is a modifiable risk factor for CVA.
What is carotid artery disease?
This meningeal layer contains no blood vessels.
What is the arachnoid mater?
Tracts that carry motor commands from the brain to muscles and glands
What are descending tracts?