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Reboot #164 Stroke and TIA Deconstructed

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

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Is There a Stroke? Or Is It a T I A?

"We don't know for sure that this wasn't a stroke until we get the mri to see if they, if they've actually had an infart," he says. "In terms of looking at the vasculature, if people will order crowded ultra sounds, thinking it's easy, it's non evasive, there's no contrast needed." The important thing is to remember, in that plumbing analogy i gave you before, it's important that you're looking at the vessels that are actually relevant to what you want to look at. 'I'm also sort of worth pointing out that one of the most common things i come across in terms of ordering the incorrect test, or not

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