What does CVA stand for?

What does CVA stand for?

• A. Cerebral Vascular Anomaly
• B. Cerebral Vascular Accident
• C. Cardiac Vascular Attack
• D. Central Venous Aneurysm

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is that CVA is the designation for a stroke—an abrupt problem with blood flow to the brain. The best match describes a sudden vascular event affecting the brain tissues: something involving the brain (cerebral) and its blood vessels (vascular) occurring as an acute event (accident). That’s what a stroke is: the brain tissue is damaged because its blood supply is interrupted, either from a clot blocking blood flow (ischemic stroke) or from bleeding (hemorrhagic stroke). Clinically, CVA is often described as a cerebrovascular accident, and many clinicians use “stroke” in everyday language to convey the same idea. The other options don’t fit because they describe conditions that aren’t about a sudden brain blood-vessel event: an anomaly isn’t an acute vascular event, a cardiac vascular attack isn’t the standard term for a brain stroke, and a central venous aneurysm refers to a dilation of a central vein, not to a brain vascular accident.

The main idea here is that CVA is the designation for a stroke—an abrupt problem with blood flow to the brain. The best match describes a sudden vascular event affecting the brain tissues: something involving the brain (cerebral) and its blood vessels (vascular) occurring as an acute event (accident). That’s what a stroke is: the brain tissue is damaged because its blood supply is interrupted, either from a clot blocking blood flow (ischemic stroke) or from bleeding (hemorrhagic stroke). Clinically, CVA is often described as a cerebrovascular accident, and many clinicians use “stroke” in everyday language to convey the same idea.

The other options don’t fit because they describe conditions that aren’t about a sudden brain blood-vessel event: an anomaly isn’t an acute vascular event, a cardiac vascular attack isn’t the standard term for a brain stroke, and a central venous aneurysm refers to a dilation of a central vein, not to a brain vascular accident.