Neurosurgery and Neuroscience

Cerebrovascular Disorder

Condition where blood vessel in the brain gets affected which results in cerebrovascular disorder. Restrictions in blood flow may occur from vessel narrowing, clot formation, blockage or blood vessel rupture, transient ischemic attack and vascular dementia are few types of cerebrovascular disorders.

Cerebrovascular Disorders are the most common life-threatening neurological event in the U.S. Intracranial atherosclerosis is responsible for approximately 40,000 of these attacks per year. There were an estimated 158,000 cerebrovascular-related deaths in 2003 and 139,000 of were age 65 and older.