stroke
death of a region of brain cells due to poor blood flow
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Summary
stroke is a cause of death[1]. stroke ranks in the top 7% of cause of death entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,372 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3], syndrome[4]
- Location: human brain[5]
- Subclass of: cerebrovascular disease[6], neurological symptom[7], general symptom[8]
- Commons category: Stroke[9]
- Said to be the same as: cerebrovascular disease[10], stroke[11]
- ICPC 2 ID: K90[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Stroke[13]
- Medical examination: ROSIER scale[14], Orpington Prognostic Scale[15]
- Anatomical location: human brain[16]
- Prevalence: 0.0024[17], 0.006[18], 0.031[19]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22], Kazakhstan. National encyclopedia[23], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[24], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[25]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3390[26]
- Different from: Stroke[27]
- Health specialty: neurology[28], neurosurgery[29]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: pentoxifylline[30]
- Genetic association: ZFHX3[31], SPSB4[32], ALDH2[33], ADAMTS12[34], ADAMTS2[35], HDAC9[36], CRYBG1[37], IMPA2[38], KALRN[39]
- Incidence: 213 cases per 100000 person-years[40], 351 cases per 100000 person-years[41], 226 cases per 100000 person-years[42], 286 cases per 100000 person-years[43], 239 cases per 100000 person-years[44]
- Disease burden: 141,348,082 disability-adjusted life year[45]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000734[46]
Why It Matters
stroke has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] stroke is known by 124 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]