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Stroke and Bleeding on CT

The noncontrast head CT at 3 a.m.: find the blood, find the early ischemia, make the call.

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What You Will Be Able to Do

  • Read a noncontrast head CT with a fixed sequence
  • Identify every compartment of intracranial bleeding
  • Recognize early ischemic change and score ASPECTS
  • Understand what CTA and perfusion add to the decision
Sample Syllabus

Inside the Course

The final syllabus may evolve before launch, but this is the shape of it.

  1. 01

    The Reading Order

    Blood, brain, cisterns, ventricles, bone. The same route every time.

  2. 02

    Blood on CT

    Epidural, subdural, subarachnoid, intraparenchymal, intraventricular. Density, shape and spread.

  3. 03

    Early Ischemia

    Loss of gray-white differentiation, the insular ribbon, the dense vessel sign.

  4. 04

    ASPECTS in Real Cases

    Scoring on actual scans, including the ugly in-between ones.

  5. 05

    CTA and Perfusion

    Core, penumbra and mismatch, and what the numbers mean for thrombolysis and thrombectomy.

  6. 06

    Mimics

    Tumors, calcification, artifact and old infarcts that look acute.

  7. 07

    The Time-Critical Call

    Windows, contraindications and how the imaging conversation with neurology actually goes.

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