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4 - Stroke Syndromes Flashcards

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What are the questions that need you need to ask yourself when a patient is having a stroke?

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  • Is it a stroke and what syndrome is it?
  • What is the aetiology?
  • Are there any complications?
  • What treatment does this patient need and when?
  • How well is this patient likely to do?
  • When can they leave our care?
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What is a stroke and the two main categories of this?

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Sudden onset focal neurological deficit of vascular aetiology, with symptoms lasting >24 hours (or with evidence of infarction on imaging)

Ischaemic (85%) or Haemorraghic (15%)

Due to abnormal cerebral perfusion

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How are Haemorraghic and Ischaemic strokes further divided?

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Ischaemic: Bamford/Oxford classification

Haemorraghic (bleeding into parenchyma, ventricles or subarachnoid space): ICH or SAH

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What are the causes of ischaemic and haemorraghic strokes?

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Ischaemic: Thrombosis, Emboli (AF!), Dissection

Haemorraghic: HTN, brain tumour, vasculitis, bleeding disorders, trauma

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What are some risk factors for a stroke?

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Strong risks: male, FHx hypertension, smoking, diabetes, AF

Weak risks: hypercholesterolaemia, obesity, poor diet, oestrogen-containing therapy, and migraine.

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What is the Circle of Willis made up of and what lobes of the brain do the 3 main cerebral arteries supply?

(Draw image of Circle of Willis)

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Anterior Circulation: ICA

Posterior Circulation: Vertebrobasillar system

ACA: medial frontal and parietal lobes

MCA: lateral surface of each brain hemisphere including the internal capsule and basal ganglia

PCA: occipital lobe and inferior temporal lobe as well as some deep structures (e.g. thalamus)

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What is the blood supply to cerebellum?

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What are the three most common causes of ischaemic stroke?

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  • Large artery atherosclerosis (emboli)
  • Small artery atherosclerosis (thrombus)
  • Cardioembolic (AF)

Rare: vasculitis, dissection

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What is a TACS stroke?

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Ischaemic Total Anterior Circulation Stroke (3/3)

  • Contralateral hemiplegia or hemiparesis, AND
  • Contralateral homonymous hemianopia, AND
  • Higher cerebral dysfunction (e.g. aphasia, neglect)

Involves MCA or ACA

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What is a PACS stroke?

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Ischaemic Partial Anterior Circulation Stroke (⅔)

ACA or MCA

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What is a LACS/Lacunar stroke and what vessel is affected?

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Should be no visual defects, no higher cerebral dysfunction and no brainstem dysfunction

Affects deep perforating arteries, usually supplying internal capsule

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What is a POCS stroke and what vessel is affected?

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Ischaemic posterior circulation syndrome

Involves vertebrobasilar arteries and associated branches (supplying the cerebellum, brainstem, and occipital lobe)

  • Cerebellar dysfunction, OR
  • Conjugate eye movement disorder, OR
  • Bilateral motor/sensory deficit, OR
  • Ipsilateral cranial nerve palsy with contralateral motor/sensory deficit, OR
  • Cortical blidness/isolated hemianopia.
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How may someone with a haemorraghic stroke present?

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  • Headache
  • Altered mental status
  • Nausea & Vomiting
  • Hypertension
  • Seizures
  • Focal neurological deficits (dependent on location of bleed)
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How may someone with an anterior ischaemic stroke present?

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Depends on location of infarct

  • Unilateral weakness and/or sensory deficit: face and/or arms and/or legs
  • Homonymous hemianopia: visual field loss on the same side of both eyes
  • Higher cerebral dysfunction: dysphasia, visuospatial dysfunction (e.g. neglect, agnosia)
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How may someone with a posterior ischaemic stroke present?

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Affects brainstem, cerebellum and occipital lobe so balance/visual/cranial nerve issues:

  • Dizziness
  • Diplopia
  • Dysarthria & Dysphagia
  • Ataxia
  • Visual Field defects
  • Brainstem syndromes: often seen with crossed signs (*ipsilateral cranial nerve lesions with contralateral sensory and motor limb deficits)
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What are posterior stroke syndromes and some examples of these?

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Syndromes that occur due to infarction of specific posterior circulation arteries

  • Wallenburg syndrome
  • Locked-in syndrome
  • Weber’s syndrome
  • Lateral pontine syndrome
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What is Wallenburg syndrome and what vessel is affected?

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  • Posterior inferior cerebellar artery occlusion
  • Lateral medullary syndrome
  • Symptoms: ipsilateral Horner’s syndrome, ipsilateral loss of pain and temperature sensation on the face, and contralateral loss of pain and temperature sensation over the contralateral body, nystagmus, vertigo, diplopia
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What is Locked In syndrome and what vessel is affected?

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  • Basillar artery occlusion
  • Quadriparesis with preserved consciousness and ocular movements

Often this type of occlusion leads to sudden death or LOC

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What is Weber’s syndrome and Lateral Pontine syndrome?

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Posterior stroke syndromes

Weber’s: ipsilateral oculomotor nerve palsy and contralateral hemiparesis due to occlusion of paramedian branches of the upper basilar and proximal posterior cerebral arteries

Lateral Pontine: Similar to the lateral medullary syndrome but with additional involvement of pontine cranial nerve nuclei. Due to blockage of anterior inferior cerebellar arteries

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What is the difference between ischaemia and infarction?

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Ischaemia is reversible, Infarction is irreversible

Ischaemia is insufficient blood flow to meet metabolic demands. Infarct is death of tissue to poor oxygen supply

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How do you ‘age’ and infarct?

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22
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What is the gold standard imaging in stroke and why?

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Non-Contrast CT

Highly sensitive for haemorrhage so can rule this out to see if can do thrombolysis

Also can pick up stroke mimics e.g tumour, AV malformation

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What might you see on a non-contrast CT with a hyper acute ischaemic stroke?

(NB)

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  • Nothing
  • Hyperattentuating area in vascular territory (hypoattentuating if old infarct)
  • Sulcal effacement
  • Loss of grey-white matter differentiation
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When are perfusion CT scans good in acute stroke?

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Can show the difference between dead brain (infarct) and salvageable brain

Larger core infarct, more risk of haemorrhage with thrombolysis

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What is the pathophysiology of a haemorraghic stroke?

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Weakening of cerebral vessels leading to cerebral vessel rupture and haematoma formation.

Clinical deficit is caused directly by neuronal injury and indirectly by cerebral oedema (this peaks at day 5 following symptom onset)

SAH and ICH

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What are some risk factors for haemorraghic stroke?

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Strong risk factors: age, male, FHx, haemophilia, cerebral amyloid angiopathy/hypertension, anticoagulation therapy, illicit sympathomimetic drugs (such as cocaine and amphetamines), and vascular malformations (particularly in younger patients).

Weaker risk factors: NSAIDs, heavy alcohol use, and thrombocytopenia

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How can haemorraghic stroke lead to death?

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Early: cerebral herniation

Late: complications

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What are some predictors of poor outcomes in a haemorraghic stroke?

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  • Size >30mls
  • Intraventricular component
  • Deep locations and brainstem location
  • Age>80
  • GCS<9
  • Symptoms of dense hemiparesis, receptive dysphasia, inattention, receptive dysphasia
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How can you tell the difference between a hypertensive stroke and a cerebral amyloid antipathy stroke?

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Hypertensive usually in basal ganglia and just happen once

31
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What are some complications of an ICH?

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How are MRIs used differently to CTs in a stroke?

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33
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What is capsular warning syndrome?

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Recurrent stereotyped lacunar TIAs (LACS symptoms) that occur over minutes and fluctuate

High risk of completed stroke

When there is reduced flow in MCA leads to hypo perfusion of end lenticulostriate arteries

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How may intracranial stenosis present?

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Focal symptoms coincide with other evidence of hypo perfusion e.g dizziness, pallor, clamminess

CT angiography

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What is a cryptogenic stroke?

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When cause of stroke is unknown despite lots of assessment

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What are some cardioembolic causes of stroke?

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  • AF
  • Valvular heart disease
  • Heart failure
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Acute MI Mural thrombus
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If a stroke patient had the following history, what aetiology would you consider for the stroke:

  • Carotid bruits
  • Elderly lady with few months of headache/weight loss
  • SLE
  • Pregnant
  • Multiple miscarriages
  • Active cancer
  • Neck trauma recently e.g chiropractor
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  • Large vessel atherosclerosis
  • Vasculitis
  • Vasculitis
  • Thrombophillia
  • Thrombophillia
  • Thrombophillia
  • Dissection
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What is the TOAST criteria?

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Five subtypes of ischemic stroke

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TOAST criteria is used for classifying cause of ischaemic stroke. How can the same be done for haemorraghic strokes?

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Central/Deep Vs Lobar Haemorraghes

Deep are usually due to HTN and Lobar often secondary e.g AV malformations, mass lesions, CAA

Done via interval imaging

40
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Why is it important to know the aetiology of both ischaemic and haemorraghic strokes?

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Helps to guide secondary prevention

41
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What are some causes of stroke mimics?

(NB - Image recall)

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Group 1 - Readily recognised on brain imaging (MRI)

  • SOL
  • MS
  • Subdural haematoma

Group 2 - Distinct non-stroke features but referred due to being lay or non-specialists

  • BPPV
  • Vestibular neuronitis
  • Bell’s Palsy
  • Transient global amnesia

Group 3 - Clinically different to stroke but features subtle so need brain imaging

  • Complicated migraine with aura
  • Focal seizures
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What is ‘apparent neurological deficit’

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Neurological dysfunction in patients with chronic stroke and good recovery.

This is due to residual areas of scar tissue (gliosis) at site of brain damage. Symptoms can return due to underperformance of gliotic tissue in low BP, hypoglycaemia, hypoxia, fatigue

Correct the disturbance and baseline function will return

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What are the features of transient global amnesia?

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  • Dysfunction of “episodic” memory
  • Preservation of other kinds of memory e.g. procedural memory (hence patients are able to make a cup of tea or drive during episode), biographical memory
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What is the typical journey of stroke patient?

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  • Admission to stroke unit
  • Revascularisation therapy
  • Optimising physiology, preventing complications, nutritional support
  • Secondary prevention
  • Rehabilitation and reablement
45
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How can you assess the prognosis of stroke?

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  • NIHSS score
  • OCSP class
  • Recovery trajectory and Functional plateau
46
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How can you tell the difference between a hypertensive stroke and a cerebral amyloid antipathy stroke?

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Hypertensive usually in basal ganglia and just happen once

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What is a TACS stroke?

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Ischaemic Total Anterior Circulation Stroke (3/3)

  • Contralateral hemiplegia or hemiparesis, AND
  • Contralateral homonymous hemianopia, AND
  • Higher cerebral dysfunction (e.g. aphasia, neglect)

Involves MCA or ACA

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