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1. Introduction
2. 1. Think
3. 2. Stroke evaluation
4. 3. Clinical diagnosis- step 1
5. History- the What diagnosis (1)
6. History- the What diagnosis (2)
7. History- the Where diagnosis
8. 4. After the history, make hypotheses
9. Case Example
10. What diagnoses
11. Where diagnoses
12. 5. Distinguish between what / where hypotheses
13. Queries to test during the exam
14. Case example- examination
15. 6. Revise the what / where diagnoses
16. Modified What Diagnosis
17. Modified Where Diagnosis
18. 7. Planning the different investigations
19. 8. Ask for other causes
20. 9. Routine blood tests
21. 10. Precise detailed diagnosis
22. Stroke is a Cerebrovascular disease
23. Data needed to logically treat stroke patients
24. 11. Obtain brain and vascular imaging
25. 12. When can MRI be the sole procedure
26. Hamorage seen by MRI and CT scan
27. 13. CT and MRI scans can yield vascular data
28. CT scan, MRI of the medulla and cerebellum
29. Chinese patient CT results
30. Striato-capsular infarct
31. 14. Obtain vascular testing
32. Some MRA and CTA images
33. Perfusion CT
34. The Duplex scan
35. Cartoon of a plaque within the carotid artery
36. Color flow duplex image
37. Composite image of beam modes
38. TCD imaging
39. Image of the vertebal arteries
40. Triphasic CT perfusion
41. The capability of multi model MRI
42. Examples of multi model MRI (1)
43. Examples of multi model MRI (2)
44. Scan taken 24 hours later
45. Other uses of multi model MRI (1)
46. Other uses of multi model MRI (2)
47. MRA and angiography results in our case study
48. Abrupt cutoff in the middle cerebral artery
49. Middle cerebral artery
50. 15. Importance of studying the heart and aorta
51. Trans-esophageal Echocardiogram
52. Aortic plaques and a left atrial thrombus
53. Left atrial / ventricle thrombus
54. Patent foramen ovale
55. Echocardiography in the chinese patient
56. 16. Review history and examination a few times
57. 17. Treatment needs to be specific
58. 18. Treatment considerations

Topics Covered

• Sequential hypothesis-driven data acquisition
• History-taking
• Physical examinations
• Neurological examinations
• Brain imaging
• Vascular imaging

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Series:

• Cerebrovascular Disease

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

Talk Citation

Caplan, L. (2008, October 27). The clinical diagnosis of stroke and stroke subtypes [Video file]. In The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.69645/GUGP8666.
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Publication History

• Published on October 27, 2008
• Archived on January 31, 2022

Financial Disclosures

• There are no commercial/financial matters to disclose.