Cerebrovascular disease

Cerebrovascular Disease — Internal Medicine

How it begins

Fisiopatología del daño isquémico y hemorrágico, territorios vasculares, código ictus, trombolisis, trombectomía y prevención secundaria — a nivel de experto clínico.

What it covers

1. Introduction and Epidemiology
2. · 1.1 Global Burden of Cerebrovascular Disease
3. · 1.2 Risk Factors
4. Brain Vascular Anatomy
5. · 2.1 Carotid System (Anterior Circulation)
6. · 2.2 Vertebrobasilar System (Posterior Circulation)
7. · 2.3 Circle of Willis — Anastomosis and Clinical Relevance
8. · 2.4 Syndromes by Vascular Territory
9. Pathophysiology of Ischemic Brain Injury
10. · 3.1 Excitotoxic Cascade and Neuronal Death
11. · 3.2 Ischemic Penumbra — The Tissue "At Risk"
12. Ischemic Stroke — Classification, Etiology and Syndromes
13. · 4.1 Etiological Classification — TOAST System
14. · 4.2 Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) and ABCD2 Scale
15. Diagnosis of Acute Stroke
16. · 5.1 NIHSS Scale — National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
17. · 5.2 Urgent Neuroimaging
18. · 5.3 Urgent Laboratory, ECG and Echocardiogram
19. Acute Treatment of Ischemic Stroke
20. · 6.1 Stroke Code — Activation and Chain of Survival
21. · 6.2 Intravenous Thrombolysis with rtPA / Tenecteplase
22. · 6.3 Mechanical Thrombectomy — Emergency Neurointerventionism
23. · 6.4 General Measures in the Acute Phase of Stroke
24. Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
25. · 7.1 Etiology and Classification of ICH
26. · 7.2 Treatment of ICH
27. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH)
28. · 8.1 Intracranial Aneurysms — Biology and Epidemiology
29. · 8.2 Diagnosis of SAH
30. · 8.3 Complications of HSA
31. · 8.4 Aneurysm Treatment — Clipping vs. Coiling
32. Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVT)
33. · 9.1 Etiology and Clinical Presentation
34. · 9.2 Diagnosis of CVT
35. · 9.3 Treatment
36. Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke
37. Complications, Prognostic Scales and Rehabilitation
38. · 11.1 Complications of Stroke in the Acute and Subacute Phase
39. · 11.2 Functional Outcome Scales
40. · 11.3 Rehabilitation and Neuroplasticity