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Pathophysiology CVA

Predisposing factors for cerebrovascular disease include increasing age, male gender, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking. These factors cause blood vessels to lose elasticity and blood flow to decrease over time. Precipitating factors then include physical or mental stress that increase oxygen demand, raise blood pressure, or cause the formation of blood clots/plaque that can dislodge and block vessels in the brain, cutting off blood flow and oxygen. This loss of blood flow and oxygen to areas of the brain causes a cerebrovascular accident or stroke, presenting with symptoms like weakness, dizziness, or paralysis on one side of the body.

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Pathophysiology CVA

Predisposing factors for cerebrovascular disease include increasing age, male gender, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking. These factors cause blood vessels to lose elasticity and blood flow to decrease over time. Precipitating factors then include physical or mental stress that increase oxygen demand, raise blood pressure, or cause the formation of blood clots/plaque that can dislodge and block vessels in the brain, cutting off blood flow and oxygen. This loss of blood flow and oxygen to areas of the brain causes a cerebrovascular accident or stroke, presenting with symptoms like weakness, dizziness, or paralysis on one side of the body.

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Pathophysiology of Cerebrovascular Disease (CVA)

Predisposing Precipitating
Predisposing Precipitating
Factors Factors
Factors Factors

Age and Gender


Age and Gender Cigarette Occupation Fat Intake
Cigarette Occupation Fat Intake
s
s
↓Blood Vessel Elasticity
↓Blood Vessel Elasticity Nicotine Physical Fat in the snacks
Nicotine Physical Fat in the snacks
Activities
Activities
↓Blood Flow in the Body
↓Blood Flow in the Body Hemorrhagic Formation of fat
Hemorrhagic ↑ Stress Formation of fat
lesion ↑ Stress emboli
lesion emboli
↑ O2 demand
↑ O2 demand
Nicotine stays in basal ganglia ↑ Blood Fat emboli joining
Nicotine stays in basal ganglia ↑ Blood Fat emboli joining
circulating in the the circulation
circulating in the the circulation
↑ Cardiac body
↑ Cardiac body
Contractility Hypertensive
Contractility Hypertensive
Hematomas ↑ O2 demand Fat emboli trap in
Hematomas ↑ O2 demand Fat emboli trap in
blood vessel
blood vessel
Hypertensive
Hypertensive ↑ Cardiac
Hematomas ↑ Cardiac ↓Blood Flow
Hematomas Contraction ↓Blood Flow
Contraction

Blood ↓Oncotic Pressure


Blood ↓Oncotic Pressure ↑ Cardiac
Stasis ↑ Cardiac
Stasis Contraction
Contraction

↑ Blood flow in blood


↑ Blood flow in blood
Vessel
Vessel
↑↑Increase
IncreaseBlood
Blood
Pressure
Pressure
Formation of Thrombus Formation Hydrostatic Pressure
Formation of Thrombus Formation Hydrostatic Pressure Fat removes from
abnormal protein Fat removes from
abnormal protein blood vessel
blood vessel
Thrombus dislodges Fluid will shift to third
Amyloid Thrombus dislodges Fluid will shift to third
Amyloid and joins circulation space
accumulation in the and joins circulation space Plaque formation
accumulation in the Plaque formation
arteries narrowing of blood
arteries narrowing of blood
vessel
Embolus formation Edema on the left side vessel
Amyloid Embolus formation Edema on the left side
Amyloid of the body
Angiopathy of the body
Angiopathy
Atherosclerosis
Occludes in the artery Atherosclerosis
Weakness arteries Occludes in the artery
Weakness arteries of the brain.
of the brain.
↓Blood Flow in the Brain
↓Blood Flow in the Brain
Hemorrhage ↓ O2 supply on right side of the
Hemorrhage ↓ O2 supply on right side of the
stroke brain
stroke brain
↓ O2 supply
↓ O2 supply
Cerebrovascular Accident
Cerebrovascular Accident
Head Blood volume (CVA)
Head Blood volume (CVA)

Left sided Dizziness


Left sided Dizziness
Hemiparesis
Hemiparesis

↑RBC ↑HCT ↓HGB


↑RBC ↑HCT ↓HGB

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