Stroke and Neurovascular Diseases
The common mode of expression of stroke could be a relatively sudden occurrence of a focal neurological deficit. Strokes are broadly categorized as ischemic or hemorrhagic. Ischemic stroke is due to the occlusion of a cerebral blood vessel and causes cerebral infarction. Knowledge of the stroke syndromes, the signs, and symptoms that correspond to the region of the brain that's supplied by each vessel, allows a degree of precision in determining the particular vessel that's occluded, and from the temporal evolution of the syndrome, the underlying explanation for vascular occlusion is often deduced. Cerebrovascular disease refers to a group of conditions, diseases, and disorders that affect the blood vessels and blood supply to the brain. Neurovascular disease can develop from a spread of causes, including atherosclerosis, where the arteries become narrow; thrombosis, or embolic blood clot, which may be a grume in an artery of the brain or cerebral phlebothrombosis which may be a blood clot during a vein of the brain.
- Vascular Malformations
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Venous Sinus Thrombosis
- Intracranial Vascular Disease
- Carotid-cavernous Fistula