Blog
Save
Email
Print
ShareA stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted.
In brain tissue, a reduction of blood flow, cerebral ischemia, leads to an ischemic cascade that can damage or kill brain cells.
Stroke is diagnosed through several techniques.
For more information about the topic Stroke, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
Multi-infarct dementia — Multi-infarct dementia, also known as vascular dementia, is a form of dementia resulting from brain damage caused by stroke or transient ischemic ... > read more
Brain damage — Brain damage or brain injury is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells.
Brain damage may occur due to a wide range of conditions, illnesses, ... > read more
Menopause — Menopause (also known as the "Change of life" or climacteric) is a stage of the human female reproductive cycle that occurs as the ovaries stop ... > read more
Peripheral vision — Peripheral vision is a part of vision that occurs outside the very center of gaze. There is in actuality a very broad set of non-central points in ... > read more
Hyperthermia — Hyperthermia (hyperpyrexia), in its advanced state referred to as heat stroke or sunstroke, is an acute condition which occurs when the body produces ... > read more
Hypercholesterolemia — Hypercholesterolemia (literally: high blood cholesterol) is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the ... > read more
Laryngitis — Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx. It causes hoarse voice or the complete loss of the voice because of irritation to the vocal folds (vocal ... > read more
Coronary heart disease — Coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease (CAD) and atherosclerotic heart disease, is the end result of the accumulation of ... > read more
Hypertension — Hypertension or high blood pressure is a medical condition wherein the blood pressure is chronically elevated. While it is formally called arterial ... > read more
Note: This page refers to an article that is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the article Stroke at Wikipedia.org. See the Wikipedia copyright page for more details.
Editor's Note: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Recommend this page on Facebook, Twitter,
and Google +1:
Other bookmarking and sharing tools:
more 