Health Management for Older Adults III - Emergency Response to Stroke -- Summary

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To summarize, I began this review with a brief overview of the vascular and neural pathophysiology underlying acute stroke

Stroke is almost invariably caused by intracranial vascular occlusion by clot, originating either in the heart or in an unstable atheroma.

Intracranial collateral vascular channels and the relative resistance of neural tissue to ischemia provide a window of opportunity for rescue of neural tissue threatened with ischemic death.