Treatment for ischemic stroke
Treatment for ischemic stroke
Neurosurgeon Christopher Bogaev, MD why it’s so important to seek immediate medical care for stroke patients. Visit https://SAHealth.com to learn more about about stroke treatment at Methodist Healthcare.
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0.399 -> the treatment for the different types of
2 -> strokes really depends on which type of
3.679 -> stroke you're having and
4.96 -> how soon you get to the emergency room
7.279 -> timely intervention is
8.8 -> really necessary for the best outcome if
11.04 -> it's a large vessel occlusion which
12.799 -> when you come to emergency room they'll
14.24 -> check it with usually a ct angiogram and
16.64 -> they can see if there's evidence that a
18.32 -> vessel is blocked and sometimes they can
20.16 -> either dissolve the clot or retrieve the
22.24 -> clot
23.039 -> and open up the vessel again the success
25.519 -> rate in treating large vessel occlusion
27.68 -> strokes
28.4 -> is better than ever and the
30.64 -> armamentarium to treat it is better than
32.559 -> ever
32.96 -> and it can be life-altering to the point
35.44 -> where
36.32 -> some strokes can be reversible if
38 -> they're treated in a timely fashion so
39.76 -> if you're worried you're having a stroke
41.84 -> it's best to rush in have get seen
45.84 -> see if you're a candidate for those
47.12 -> treatments and if you are then
49.039 -> it can change things completely they
51.28 -> they have people with
53.12 -> sometimes the most important artery of
55.44 -> an entire cerebral hemisphere the middle
57.039 -> stream arteries sometimes
58.559 -> they can treat the clot open the vessel
61.28 -> up and save the vast majority of that
63.199 -> whole hemisphere of their brain
64.96 -> and if you lose that you may never be
66.64 -> the same so
68.799 -> timely intervention is is key
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OLJ7d_gf-g