10.0 Cerebral vascular disorders

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Cerebral vascular disorders

Last updated 8:31 AM on 9/24/26
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Cerebral vascular disorders is the most common cause of

  • death & chronic disease (in western world)


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Cerebral vascular accident (CVA)

  • stroke & infarct

  • ranges from mild to severe


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stroke

  • sudden disruption of blood flow to the brain


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infarct

  • area of dead or dying tissue resulting from an obstruction of the blood vessels


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Vascular disorders

  • Ischemia

  • Migraine stroke

  • Cerebral hemorrhage

  • Angiomas

  • Arteriovenous aneurysms


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Cerebral isquemia

  • Any group of disorders in which the symptoms are caused by vessel blockage preventing a sufficient supply of blood to the brain.


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Cerebral isquemia → types

  • thrombosis

  • embolism


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Thrombosis

  • Formation of a plug or clot in the blood vessel

  • the clot forms there**


<ul><li><p><strong><mark data-color="purple" style="background-color: purple; color: inherit;">Formation of a plug or clot in the blood vessel</mark></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><mark data-color="green" style="background-color: green; color: inherit;">the clot forms there** </mark></strong></p></li></ul><p></p>
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Embolism

  • A clot or plug that is brought through the blood from a larger vessel to a smaller vessel

  • Plug can be a clot, bubble of air, or mass of cells

  • Usually affect the middle cerebral artery of the brain’s left side

  • the clot comes from elsewhere***


<ul><li><p><strong><mark data-color="purple" style="background-color: purple; color: inherit;">A clot or plug that is brought through the blood from a larger vessel to a smaller vessel</mark></strong></p></li><li><p class="p1"><strong><mark data-color="purple" style="background-color: purple; color: inherit;">Plug can be a clot, bubble of air, or mass of cells</mark></strong></p></li><li><p class="p1"><strong><mark data-color="purple" style="background-color: purple; color: inherit;">Usually affect the middle cerebral artery of the brain’s left side</mark></strong></p></li><li><p class="p1"><strong><mark data-color="green" style="background-color: green; color: inherit;">the clot comes from elsewhere***</mark></strong></p></li></ul><p></p>
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