Stroke Center

What is a Stroke?
Effects of a Stroke
What is a TIA?
Stroke or TIA Warning Signs
Stroke Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
How to Reduce Your Risk
Stroke Treatment & Prevention

Stroke Facts

• Stroke or “Brain Attack” is the third leading cause of death, following heart disease and cancer.
• Stroke is the leading cause of severe, long-term disability.
• Someone in the United States has a new or recurrent stroke every 53 seconds.
• Every year about 600,000 Americans will have a stroke.
• A person dies of stroke every 3.3 minutes and more than 60 percent of these stroke victims are women.
• There are approximately 4.5 million stroke survivors today.

The following are graphical presentations courtesy of Genentech, Inc.: (NOTE: Windows Media Player is required to view the following presentations. Download time may be longer for dial up users.) Click here to see a blood clot blocking a blood vessel causing damage to an area of the brain. Click here to see a traveling blood clot or embolus. Click here to see how Atrial Fibrillation can result in a stroke. Click here to see the lobes of the brain with descriptions of bodily functions areas control. Click here to see the 4 major large blood vessels supplying the brain. Click here to see a clot breaking off in the vessel and causing a stroke.