
#385 TIA/Stroke for the Hospitalist featuring Dr. Karima Benameur
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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Stroke of Undetermined Etiology
Large artery atherosclerotic Events cardi symbolic and small vessel occlusion. The stroke of other undetermined etiology versus the stroke of und determined etiology. All stroke patients would benefit from a brain imaging modality, MRI much more than CT. You can use CTA head and neck or MRA head and neck depending on your patient population. Next thing you need is evaluation of the pump to those vessels,. So you want a TTE if you have suspicion that the mechanism of the stroke is symbolic then you would do a Tee.
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