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TEE Diagnostic Value, Carotid Revascularization, Transfusion Strategies, MMA Embolization, and Temperature Management in Acute Brain Injury

This final session covers the additional diagnostic value of TEE over TTE, transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) as a new option for carotid stenosis, evidence on liberal versus restrictive transfusion strategies in acute...

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RCVS, PRES, Pregnancy-Related Intracranial Hemorrhage, Aneurysm and AVM Management in Pregnancy, and Diagnostic Imaging

This session covers reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) and PRES as manifestations of preeclampsia and eclampsia, their treatment priorities, the role of calcium channel blockers, causes of intracranial hemorrhage in pregnancy, management...

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Lacunar Stroke Localization, Brainstem Syndromes, and Venous Sinus Thrombosis Management

This session covers lesion localization for lacunar stroke syndromes, the anatomy of posterior fossa vasculature, classic brainstem syndromes including Wallenberg, locked-in, Benedict, and Millard-Gubler, petrous bone fracture signs, and the fundamentals of...

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Cavernous Malformation Management, Thalamic Infarct Subtypes, and Lacunar Stroke Neuroanatomy

This session covers the complications and management of cerebral cavernous malformations, bleeding risk predictors, and then transitions to the neuroanatomy of stroke subtypes including the four thalamic infarct territories and their distinct...

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Aneurysm Screening, Fusiform and Dissecting Aneurysms, AVMs, and Cavernous Malformations

This session covers indications for aneurysm screening, CT sensitivity for subarachnoid hemorrhage, fusiform and dissecting aneurysm definitions and risk factors, arteriovenous malformation bleeding risk and the effect of pregnancy, and the diagnostic...

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Moyamoya Surgery, Intracranial Aneurysms: Risk Factors, Characteristics, and Management

This session covers Moyamoya surgical treatment, the prevalence and risk factors for unruptured intracranial aneurysms, associated conditions, aneurysm characteristics, rupture predictors, indications for surgery, and follow-up imaging strategies for small incidental aneurysms.

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Fabry Disease Treatment, Sickle Cell Stroke, MELAS, and Moyamoya Disease

This session covers enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease, clinical suspicion criteria, the mechanism and risk stratification of stroke in sickle cell disease, transcranial Doppler monitoring, MELAS presentation and management, and the...

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CADASIL Diagnosis, Fabry Disease: Features, Pathophysiology, and Inheritance

This session covers the differential diagnosis of CADASIL, laboratory and biopsy-based diagnostic approaches, the role of Notch3 testing, typical MRI findings, the absence of specific treatment, and then transitions to Fabry disease...

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Young Stroke, Arterial Dissection, and Genetic Stroke Syndromes: CADASIL and Related Conditions

This session covers the workup threshold for young stroke, antiphospholipid syndrome, the classic triad and causes of carotid dissection, preferred imaging for arterial dissection, treatment of cervical artery dissections, and an introduction...

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High-Risk PFO, PFO Closure Devices, Cryptogenic Stroke, and Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source

This session defines high-risk PFO, evaluates the superiority of specific closure devices, addresses the impact of PFO closure on mortality and atrial fibrillation, and then covers cryptogenic stroke recurrence risk, MRI features...

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Patent Foramen Ovale: Diagnosis, Medical Therapy, and Closure Evidence

This session covers the likelihood that a PFO is causative in cryptogenic stroke, clinical and imaging features suggesting PFO-related stroke, the diagnostic limitations of TTE versus TEE, transcranial Doppler as an alternative,...

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Obesity, Physical Activity, Cardioembolic Stroke, PFO, and Atrial Fibrillation Monitoring

This session covers obesity as an independent stroke risk factor, the importance of physical activity in secondary prevention, cardiac embolic risk factors, the diagnostic yield and duration requirements of implantable loop recorders...

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