Stroke Definitions

Agnosia the inability to recognize an object by sight, touch, or

hearing
Aphasia an abnormal neurologic condition in which language

function is disordered or absent because of an injury to certain areas of

the cerebral cortex
Apraxia the inability to carry out learned sequential movements on

command
Clipping neurosurgeon places a metallic clip on the neck of the

aneurysm to block blood flow and prevent rupture, the clip remains in
place for life
Coiling a metal coil is inserted into the lumen of the aneurysm via

interventional neuroradiology
Dysarthria disturbance in the muscular control of speech resulting

from interference in the control and execution over the muscles of

speech.
Dysphasia difficulty related to the comprehension or use of
language
Dysphagia difficulty swallowing
Embolic stroke a stroke that occurs when an embolus lodges in and

occludes a cerebral artery, resulting in infarction and edema of the area

supplied by the involved vessel
Expressive Aphasia inability to produce language
Hemiparesis weakness on one side of the body

Hemiplegia paralysis on one side of the body

Hemorrhagic stroke results from bleeding into the brain tissue
itself or SA space or ventricles
Homonymous Hemianopsia blindness occurs in the same half of

the visual fields of both eyes

Intracerebral hematoma collection of blood within the
parenchyma of the brain, possibly from the rupture of an
intracerebral vessel at the time of a head injury
Intracerebral hemorrhage a type of hemorrhagic stroke in
which bleeding within the brain is caused by rupture of a blood
vessel
Ischemic stroke results from inadequate blood flow to brain d/t
partial/complete occlusion of an artery
Receptive Aphasia loss of comprehension
Subarachnoid stroke intracranial bleeding into CSF space
between arachnoid and pia mater, caused by rupture of cerebral
aneurysm, trauma, cocaine abuse
TIA transient episode of neurologic dysfunction caused by focal brain,

spinal cord, or retinal ischemia, but without acute infarction of the brain,
symptoms occur for an hour
Thrombotic stroke occurs from injury to a blood vessel wall and

formation of a blood clot

tPA Fibrinolytic agents, such as tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) or

alteplase (Activase), dissolve the pulmonary embolus and the source of

the thrombus in the pelvis or deep leg veins, thereby decreasing the
likelihood of recurrent emboli