Sentences with phrase «ischemic strokes account»

Ischemic strokes account for about 85 percent of the roughly 750,000 strokes suffered annually in the United States.

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Ischemic strokes, which account for about 85 percent of all strokes, are caused by blood clots.

This included ischemic stroke, in which blood clots block the extra - or intracranial vessels and which accounts for 80 - 90 % of all stroke; hemorrhagic stroke, or rupture of intracranial vessels; and generally less serious clotting events known as transient ischemic attacks.

In patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) of unknown etiology, which accounts for one - third of these patients, the deCODE AF ™ test may determine which patients are at greater risk of AF and therefore may most likely benefit from extended cardiac monitoring for AF.

Ischemic strokes are caused by a blood clot in an artery supplying the brain, and they account for 87 percent of all strokes, according to the American Stroke Association.

Ischemic strokes, which are caused by the blockage of an artery, account for 87 percent of the new or recurrent strokes that strike some 800,000 Americans yearly, Jesse Slome, executive director of the critical illness insurance trade group.