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Understanding Strokes

Understanding Strokes

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Nina Solenski
Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Virginia Health System
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu  
434-924-1182

The University of Virginia's Department of Neurology is Virginia's foremost research and treatment center for disorders affecting the nervous system. Our neurology department is among the nation's top 20 centers ranked by U.S. News & World Report. We offer the most advanced diagnosis and treatment for strokes, headaches, epilepsy, dementias, movement disorders, brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, and all other neurological disorders and diseases.

Understanding Strokes

Nina Solenski, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, describes the common causes of stroke.

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Dr. Nina Solenski: Hi, I am Nina Solenski. I am one of the Stroke Neurologist here at University of Virginia Health System and also a member of our Primary Stroke Center. I am involved in stroke care and I have been treating strokes for about 20 years now. The video segments that you are about to view are going to cover many topics on stroke but they will be very important topics on how to identify a stroke, what to do in the event of a stroke all the way down to what to ask my doctor during follow-up and recovery of a stroke. So I am hoping that these will be helpful for you.

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