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Hemispheres 3.0 Level 2 Exam with verified detailed answers || || || || || || || ||
Approximately how long can the penumbra survive without intervention before infarction -
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✔✔6-8 hours ||
What area of ischemic tissue surrounds infarcted tissue yet is salvageable with timely
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intervention? - ✔✔penumbra || ||
What is the expected blood flow rate in the infarct core? - ✔✔0-12ml/100g/min
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What area is composed of infarcted, irreversibly damaged tissue without collateral blood
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flow? - ✔✔core
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What cerebral blood flow rate is required for normal brain function? - ✔✔50 ml/100g/min
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What is the most common cause of cardioembolic stroke? - ✔✔a fib
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What stroke has no single determined cause? - ✔✔cryptogenic stroke
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What ischemic stroke pathology involves a slow, stuttering/fluctuating presentation? -
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✔✔large artery atherosclerotic stroke
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What areas are usually affected by small vessel occlusions? - ✔✔basal ganglia and internal
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capsule
Which condition resolves within an hour or so without infarction - ✔✔transient ischemic
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attack
Hemispheres 3.0 Level 2 Exam with verified detailed answers || || || || || || || ||
Approximately how long can the penumbra survive without intervention before infarction -
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✔✔6-8 hours ||
What area of ischemic tissue surrounds infarcted tissue yet is salvageable with timely
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intervention? - ✔✔penumbra || ||
What is the expected blood flow rate in the infarct core? - ✔✔0-12ml/100g/min
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What area is composed of infarcted, irreversibly damaged tissue without collateral blood
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flow? - ✔✔core
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What cerebral blood flow rate is required for normal brain function? - ✔✔50 ml/100g/min
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What is the most common cause of cardioembolic stroke? - ✔✔a fib
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What stroke has no single determined cause? - ✔✔cryptogenic stroke
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What ischemic stroke pathology involves a slow, stuttering/fluctuating presentation? -
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✔✔large artery atherosclerotic stroke
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What areas are usually affected by small vessel occlusions? - ✔✔basal ganglia and internal
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capsule
Which condition resolves within an hour or so without infarction - ✔✔transient ischemic
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attack