The Different Kinds of 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.

The Different Kinds of Strokes

Nina Solenski, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, describes the two types of life-threatening strokes.

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Dr. Nina Solenski: Hi, I am Nina Solenski. I am one of the Stroke Neurologists here at the University of Virginia Health System. We will be talking now about the different kinds of strokes. There are two main categories that we speak about in terms of strokes. There are those that are known as Ischemic and those that are known as Hemorrhagic. Ischemic strokes represent those strokes where there is some kind of blockage to the brain and the blood flow is compromised. Hemorrhagic strokes occur because there is a rupture in a blood vessel itself that causes the blood to flow out into the brain spaces and both of these strokes are life threatening. So it's not that one is any worser than the other, they are very important to recognize, but they are different causes for stroke.

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