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  • Thumbnail for Stroke
    There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. Both cause parts of the brain to stop functioning...
    184 KB (20,417 words) - 22:53, 12 May 2024
  • physiology, stroke volume (SV) is the volume of blood pumped from the a ventricle per beat. Stroke volume is calculated using measurements of ventricle...
    7 KB (873 words) - 18:26, 22 May 2024
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    within the skull and one kind of stroke (ischemic stroke being the other). Symptoms can vary dramatically depending on the severity (how much blood), acuity...
    44 KB (4,483 words) - 14:12, 4 June 2024
  • mini-stroke, is a minor stroke whose noticeable symptoms usually end in less than an hour. TIA causes the same symptoms associated with strokes, such...
    45 KB (5,110 words) - 07:06, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heat stroke
    decreased blood volume to body size ratio (leading to decreased compensatory heat dissipation by redirecting blood to the skin). Exertional heat stroke (EHS)...
    29 KB (3,179 words) - 14:40, 5 May 2024
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    "clotting") is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. When a blood vessel (a vein...
    47 KB (4,703 words) - 20:33, 3 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cerebrovascular disease
    (high blood pressure) is the most important contributing risk factor for stroke and cerebrovascular diseases as it can change the structure of blood vessels...
    40 KB (4,009 words) - 04:27, 13 May 2024
  • Spinal cord stroke is a rare type of stroke with compromised blood flow to any region of spinal cord owing to occlusion or bleeding, leading to irreversible...
    28 KB (3,033 words) - 00:49, 9 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Lacunar stroke
    penetrating arteries that provide blood to the brain's deep structures. Patients who present with symptoms of a lacunar stroke, but who have not yet had diagnostic...
    17 KB (1,711 words) - 04:26, 20 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Watershed stroke
    supplied by the major cerebral arteries where blood supply is decreased. Watershed strokes are a concern because they comprise approximately 10% of all ischemic...
    32 KB (3,828 words) - 04:46, 13 May 2024
  • up stroke or stroking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A stroke (a "brain stroke" or "brain attack") is a medical condition in which poor blood flow...
    2 KB (307 words) - 16:38, 26 November 2023
  • pulse or paradoxical pulse, is an abnormally large decrease in stroke volume, systolic blood pressure (a drop more than 10 mmHg) and pulse wave amplitude...
    13 KB (1,536 words) - 00:38, 11 April 2024
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    Thrombus (redirect from Blood clots)
    A thrombus (pl.: thrombi), colloquially called a blood clot, is the final product of the blood coagulation step in hemostasis. There are two components...
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  • Thumbnail for Frank–Starling law
    diastolic volume. The law states that the stroke volume of the heart increases in response to an increase in the volume of blood in the ventricles, before...
    17 KB (1,915 words) - 09:02, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vertebral artery dissection
    tear of the inner lining of the vertebral artery, which is located in the neck and supplies blood to the brain. After the tear, blood enters the arterial...
    37 KB (4,362 words) - 21:29, 6 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Syncope (medicine)
    present. Other causes of similar symptoms that should be considered include seizure, stroke, concussion, low blood oxygen, low blood sugar, drug intoxication...
    57 KB (6,382 words) - 00:47, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hypertension
    office blood pressure measurement. According to one review published in 2003, reduction of the blood pressure by 5 mmHg can decrease the risk of stroke by...
    126 KB (13,272 words) - 04:40, 30 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vascular dementia
    dementia caused by a series of strokes. Restricted blood flow due to strokes reduces oxygen and glucose delivery to the brain, causing cell injury and...
    23 KB (2,365 words) - 17:33, 7 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ischemia
    ischemic stroke is a neurological emergency typically caused by a blood clot blocking blood flow in a vessel in the brain. Chronic ischemia of the brain...
    23 KB (2,323 words) - 01:27, 19 May 2024
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    Cerebral infarction (category Types of stroke)
    income countries, a stroke is the main reason for disability among people and the 2nd cause of death. It is caused by disrupted blood supply (ischemia)...
    27 KB (3,022 words) - 12:05, 1 June 2024
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