CARE OF CLIENT WITH CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT (CVA)

most commonly affected

• internal carotid artery

• Middle Cerebral Artery (MCA)

second most frequently affected is the

• internal carotid artery

• Middle Cerebral Artery

MOST FREQUENT CAUSE of CVA

• Atherosclerosis

• Embolism

• Thrombosis

• TIA

most common cause of cerebral thrombosis

• atherosclerosis

• Thrombosis

• Embolism

• Hemorrhage

Characterized by gradual deterioration of the client's condition.

• TIA

• EMbolism

• Thrombosis

• Hemorrhage

SECOND MOST COMMON cause of CVA.

• TIA

• Embolism

• Thrombosis

• Hemorrhage

Most frequently caused by rheumatic heart disease and myocardial infarction

• Thrombosis

• TIA

• Hemorrhage

• Embolism

May be due to HPN, subarachnoid hemorrhage, rupture of hypocoagulation

• TIA

• Thrombosis

• Embolism

• Hemorrhage

with TEMPORARY episodes of neurologic

dysfunction.

• TIA

• Thrombosis

• Hemorrhage

• atherosclerosis

Manifestations include contralateral weakness of the lower portion of the face, fingers, hands, arms and legs; transient dysphagia; sensory impairment

• Thrombosis

• Embolism

• Hemorrhage

• TIA