Sentences with phrase «block blood flow to the brain»

«At present, clinicians can remove clots blocking blood flow to the brain if stroke patients reach hospital early enough,» explains Professor David Attwell of UCL's Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology, who led the study.

In the body this would block blood flow to the brain causing life - threatening symptoms.

In an ongoing clinical trial funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, 3K3A - APC alone is being given to patients within a few hours of ischemic stroke (blocked blood flow to the brain), to determine if the protein can help protect against brain damage.

This is one area where conventional emergency medicine excels, as there are emergency medications that can actually dissolve a blood clot that is blocking blood flow to your brain, and if done quickly enough can virtually reverse any permanent neurological damage.

These clots may block blood flow to the brain or heart, increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Atrial fibrillation increases odds of stroke, but because these patients had few additional risk factors, they were considered at low risk for ischemic stroke (blocked blood flow to the brain).

Not exact matches

While they don't have definite answers, besides having good genes, Kawas said, the answer is probably a combination of being resilient to Alzheimer's Disease and also that they did not develop other dementia - causing conditions, such as microscopic infarctions that occur when blood flow is blocked from certain regions of the brain and hippocampal sclerosis, which causes neuron loss.

In ischemic stroke, a clot blocks blood flow to part of the brain, killing neurons in its wake.

The study involved 1,195 people who had an ischemic stroke, or a stroke where blood flow to part of the brain is blocked.

The device is guided through blood vessels to a clot that is blocking blood flow to a part of the brain.

The findings show just how important it is for people with acute ischaemic stroke (in which blood flow to an area of the brain is blocked or reduced) to be identified quickly and treated by specialist staff in order to reduce the subsequent degree of disability.

Most strokes are ischemic, meaning they are caused by blood clots that block blood flow to areas of the brain.

In one, the carotid arteries were blocked with a suture for one hour, much as a blood clot blocks the flow of blood to the brain in a stroke.

The team also simulated a stroke in rats by blocking blood flow to half of each animal's brain.

The trial involved 5,170 people who were hospitalized after suffering minor ischemic strokes or stroke - like events known as transient ischemic attacks, or TIAs, in which blood flow to the brain is briefly blocked.

In an ischemic stroke, a clot blocks the flow of oxygen - rich blood to the brain.

People with blocked coronary arteries have reduced blood flow to the heart, but they can also have blockage in the arteries in their brain making them vulnerable to strokes.

The condition results from plaque build - up, which hardens in the arteries, blocking and reducing blood flow to the legs, arms, brain and other organs.

Stroke What it is: Most strokes occur when a blood clot blocks an artery or a blood vessel, interrupting blood flow to an area of the brain over a period of minutes or hours, causing brain cells to die.

«Oxygen bubbles from the peroxide can enter the bloodstream and block off blood flow to the brain or the heart,» he says.

Most strokes — about 85 % — occur when a clot or some other obstruction blocks blood flow to (or within) the brain; these are known as ischemic strokes.

If the fatty deposits within your arteries tear or rupture, a blood clot may form and block blood flow to a part of your heart, causing a heart attack, or to a part of your brain, causing a stroke.

Oral steroids can increase the level of the low - density lipoprotein or LDL and also decreases the level of high - density lipoprotein or HDL which means it increases the risk of atherosclerosis — a condition where fatty substances block the blood flow in the arteries that can also lead to heart attacks and stroke when it reaches the brain.

A stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery or blood vessel in the brain or when a blood vessel breaks thereby interrupting the blood flow to an area of the brain.

A stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks the steady flow of blood to your brain.

There are basically two types of stroke: one where blood flow to the brain is blocked, called an ischemic stroke, and one where vessels rupture and bleed into the brain, called a hemorrhagic stroke.