Stroke Risk Factors
Gender with the highest stroke risk
What is Female?
Area of the brain that can be affected by a stroke
What is anywhere!
Stroke is a leading cause of...
What is serious long term disability
The "silent killer"
What is Hypertension?
Signs/Symptoms of a stroke
What are Balance, Eyes, Face, Arms, Speech, Time
3 types of modifiable risk factors
What are Diet, exercise, healthy stress, not smoking,...
2 types of stroke
What are Ischemic & Hemorrhagic strokes?
80%
What is the number of preventable strokes?
Definition of Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP)
What is the minimum amount of pressure in the veins at any given point in time?
Surgical procedure to remove plaque from the carotid arteries
What is a carotid endarterectomy
3 types of non-modifiable risk factors
What are: Age, gender, family history, race,
Location of the speech center of the brain
What is the Left Temporal lobe?
1.9 million
What is the amount of brain cells that die every minute after an average sized stroke?
Definition of Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP)
What is the the maximum amount of pressure in your veins at any given time?
Temporary blockage and then clearing of a clot or plaque in the brain
What is a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Risk factors of both Stroke & Heart Disease we discuss in Cardiac Rehab
What are nutrition, exercise, healthy stress, substance use, blood pressure, heart rhythm, uncontrolled diabetes,...
Location of the visual center of the brain
What is the Occipital lobe
3minutes and 14seconds
What is the mortality rate of strokes
Number 1 controllable risk factor for stroke
What is hypertension
Reason for the saying "time is brain"
What is increase debility with delay
Irregular heart rhythm which increases stroke risk
What is A-Fib
Two causes of ischemic stroke
What are clot & plaque
800,000 * 140,000
What is 800,000 people have a stroke each year & more than 140,000 die
Regarding Stroke, define permissive hypertension
What is a higher BP than cardiac targets to force blood flow to the brain?
Time sensitive interventions for Ischemic (blockage type) Stroke
What is Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) and/or clot retrieval?