That same year the stroke council of the American Heart ... indicates that transient ischemic symptoms can cause permanent brain injury, encourages use of neurodiagnostic tests to identify brain ...
Despite not causing identifiable symptoms, a silent stroke still causes damage to the brain, and places the patient at increased risk for both transient ischemic attack and major stroke in the future.
Sometimes treatment for an ischemic stroke is aimed at clearing the blockage. In select cases, this includes the use of intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA. This drug is most ...
An irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, can contribute to the formation of blood clots. These blood clots may travel to the brain and get trapped in small blood vessels, resulting in ischemic stroke.