
		• Guidelines for the Management of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Adults • Guidelines for the Early Management of Adults With Ischemic Stroke


		• Cardioembolic Stroke • Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke • Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke • Stroke, Hemorrhagic • Stroke, Ischemic • View All Stroke Articles


		• Ruptured berry aneurysm • Diffusion-perfusion mismatch • Intracerebral hemorrhage • Cardioembolic Stroke • Cerebral angiogram: Aneurysm • View All Stroke Multimedia Files


		• Transient Ischemic Attack (Mini-stroke) • Stroke • Wilderness: Stroke


		• Glasgow Coma Scale • NIH Stroke Scale

STROKE RESOURCE CENTER

Cardioembolic Stroke

Neurology

Cardiogenic embolism is increasingly recognized as an important cause of stroke. The availability of new diagnostic techniques (especially transesophageal echocardiography) has allowed clinicians to better characterize well-established sources of embolism and to discover other potential etiologies of cardioembolic stroke.

Middle Cerebral Artery Stroke

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

The middle cerebral artery (MCA) is by far the largest of the cerebral arteries and is the vessel most commonly affected by cerebrovascular accident (CVA). The MCA supplies most of the outer convex brain surface, nearly all the basal ganglia, and the posterior and anterior internal capsule.

Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke

Neurology

Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) stroke is less common than stroke involving the anterior circulation. An understanding of PCA stroke phenomenology and mechanisms requires knowledge of neurovascular anatomy and of the structure-function relationships of this region of the brain.

Stroke, Hemorrhagic

Emergency Medicine

The terms intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and hemorrhagic stroke are used interchangeably and are regarded as a separate entity from hemorrhagic transformation of ischemic stroke. ICH accounts for 10-15% of all strokes and is associated with higher mortality rates than cerebral infarctions.

Stroke, Ischemic

Emergency Medicine

Stroke is characterized by the sudden loss of circulation to an area of the brain, resulting in a corresponding loss of neurologic function. Also called cerebrovascular accident or stroke syndrome, stroke is a nonspecific term encompassing a heterogeneous group of pathophysiologic causes, including thrombosis, embolism, and hemorrhage.

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