ISCHEMIC STROKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ischemic stroke mean? 

• ISCHEMIC STROKE (noun)
  The noun ISCHEMIC STROKE has 1 sense:

1. the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel)

  Familiarity information: ISCHEMIC STROKE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISCHEMIC STROKE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

ischaemic stroke; ischemic stroke

Hypernyms ("ischemic stroke" is a kind of...):

apoplexy; cerebrovascular accident; CVA; stroke (a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain)

ischaemia; ischemia (local anemia in a given body part sometimes resulting from vasoconstriction or thrombosis or embolism)

 Context examples 

They found that the rates for major cardiovascular events—including coronary heart disease, nonfatal heart attacks, and fatal and nonfatal ischemic stroke—were similar in the aspirin and the placebo groups.

(Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people, National Institutes of Health)

Ischemic stroke is defined as an acute episode of focal cerebral, spinal, or retinal dysfunction caused by infarction of central nervous system tissue.

(Ischemic Cerebrovascular Accident, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The Stroke Hyperglycemia Insulin Network Effort (SHINE) study, a large, multisite clinical study, compared two commonly used strategies for glucose control in ischemic stroke patients.

(Researchers get a handle on how to control blood sugar after stroke, National Institutes of Health)

This type of stroke, though less common than an ischemic stroke, is harder to treat and thus more dangerous to the person experiencing it.

(Low Levels of Bad Cholesterol Increase Stroke Risk, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Mutation of the gene is associated with dysprothrombinemia and genetic variation may affect susceptibility to ischemic stroke.

(F2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Epo is also secreted in the brain in response to hypoxia, such as ischemic stroke.

(Erythropoietin Neuroprotection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An ischemic stroke occurs when a clot cuts off blood flow to part of the brain, depriving those cells of oxygen and nutrients like the blood sugar glucose that they need to survive.

(Hibernating ground squirrels provide clues to new stroke treatments, National Institutes of Health)

Mutation of the gene is associated with hemorrhagic diathesis in factor V deficiency, Budd-Chiari syndrome, thrombophilia due to activated protein C resistance and susceptibility to ischemic stroke.

(F5 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Mutation of the gene is associated with renal tubular dysgenesis and susceptibility to ischemic stroke, microvascular complications of diabetes type 3 and diabetic end-stage renal disease.

(ACE wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

If a clot grows too big, pieces dislodged by blood flow (emboli) can block downstream blood vessels in the lungs or brain, leading to life-threatening complications such as pulmonary embolism or ischemic stroke.

(How And Why Blood Clots Shrink, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)