Definition

An acute stroke is the clinical result of an interruption of the blood supply to a focal part of the brain causing loss of neurological function or death.

Approximately 85% of strokes are due to cerebral infarction (ischaemic stroke), 10% due to primary haemorrhage and 5% due to subarachnoid haemorrhage [1].

This session deals with ischaemic stroke.

Learning Bite

85% of strokes are due to ischaemia