Stroke Other Information Brain Attack; Carotid Endarterectomy; Cerebrovascular Disease

Understanding Stroke
... What is a stroke? A stroke is damage to part of the brain tissue as a result of a loss of blood and oxygen. A stroke can also be called a "brain attack." What happens during a stroke? Brain ...

Update on New Therapies to Prevent and Treat Stroke
... What is a stroke? A stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain becomes blocked or bursts, depriving a part of the brain of its blood supply. As a result, surrounding nerve cells are cut off from t...

The Role of Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Stroke
... How can I adjust my diet to reduce my risk of stroke? A healthy diet can reduce your risk for acquiring medical conditions such as hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes, high lipid levels, coro...

What You Need to Know About Carotid Artery Disease and Stroke
... What are the carotid arteries? Two carotid arteries (one on each side of the neck) supply most of the blood to the brain. The carotid arteries can easily be felt on each side of the neck immediately b...

Hypothermia: Cooling the Brain and Acute Stroke
... A stroke--also known as a "brain attack"--occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by a blood clot (called an ischemic stroke) or when a blood vessel in th...

Feed a Blood Vessel, Starve a Tumor
... As far as Qing Wang, Ph.D., is concerned, sometimes you can have it both ways. Groundbreaking genetic research by Dr. Wang, director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, and h...

New Discovery Identifies One Source of Blood Vessel Formation
... Cleveland Clinic-led researchers have identified a new gene that regulates blood vessel formation, or angiogenesis, within the human body. Their discovery may have potential for devising new treatment...

Stroke
... Each year, more than a half million Americans suffer from a stroke. The most common kind of stroke is due to damage to part of the brain tissue as a result of a loss of blood and oxygen. It occurs whe...

Overview
... A stroke occurs when the blood supply to a part of your brain is interrupted or severely reduced and brain tissue is deprived of oxygen and nutrients. Within a few minutes to a few hours, brain cells ...

Spinal Cord Infarction Information Page
... Spinal cord infarction is a stroke either within the spinal cord or the arteries that supply it. It is caused by arteriosclerosis or a thickening or closing of the major arteries to the spinal cord. F...

Stroke Information Page
... A stroke happens when blood flow to the brain stops. There are two different kinds of stroke. The most common is an ischemic stroke, caused by a blood clot that blocks a blood vessel or artery in the ...

Depression and Stroke
... Symptoms of Depression Persistent sad, anxious, or "empty" mood Feelings of hopelessness, pessimism Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, helplessness Loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies and activitie...

CADASIL
... Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy, usually called CADASIL, is an inherited condition that affects small arteries (blood vessels) mainly in the ...

Stroke: Hope Through Research
... More than 2,400 years ago the father of medicine, Hippocrates, recognized and described stroke-the sudden onset of paralysis. Until recently, modern medicine has had very little power over this diseas...

Stroke
... A stroke is sometimes called a "brain attack." A stroke can injure the brain like a heart attack can injure the heart. Stroke is the result of - disease of the blood vessels in the brain. Th...

Early Treatment Confirmed as Key to Stroke Recovery
... A study in the March 6, 2004, issue of The Lancet* confirms the benefits of getting stroke patients to the hospital quickly for rapid thrombolytic treatment. The study provides the results of an exten...

Preguntas Frecuentes acerca de los Problemas Médicos de las Mujeres Estadounidenses de Origen Hispano
... Hay cerca de 14 millones de mujeres de origen hispano en los Estados Unidos. Entre ellas hay mujeres de culturas, antecedentes y experiencias diversas - mexicano-americanas, centroamericanas y sudamer...

New Success Against Stroke
... by John Henkel Rusty Van Sickle considers herself one of the lucky ones. A victim of two massive strokes in 1993, one of which left her in a three-week coma, the Florida resident has, in her words, &q...

Preguntas frecuentes acerca de las enfermedades cardiacas y cardiovasculares
... Aunque con frecuencia se piensa que son el mismo padecimiento, las enfermedades cardiacas y cardiovasculares son distintas e involucran a diferentes partes del cuerpo. La enfermedad cardiaca se refier...

Preguntas frecuentes acerca de las enfermedades de las arterias coronarias
... La enfermedad de las arterias coronarias es un tipo de enfermedad cardiaca. Las arterias coronarias son vasos sanguíneos que transportan sangre y oxígeno al músculo del corazón. Cuando estas arterias ...

Preguntas frecuentes acerca de la hipertensión sanguínea
... A medida que el corazón bombea la sangre a todo el cuerpo, la sangre ejerce fuerza o presión contra las paredes de los vasos sanguíneos (o arterias.) La presión sanguínea es la lectura, o medición, de...

Preguntas frecuentes acerca de los derrames cerebrales
... En algunas ocasiones un derrame cerebral se conoce también como apoplejía o "ataque cerebral." Un derrame cerebral puede dañar el cerebro, tal como un ataque al corazón daña el corazón. Un d...