Anesthesia for Endovascular Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Adults(Archived)

Approximately 795,000 people suffer from stroke annually in the US. According to this estimate, 1 person gets a stroke every 40 seconds, and approximately 1 patient dies due to a stroke every 4 minutes. Acute stroke can be classified as ischemic, hemorrhagic, subarachnoid, cerebral thrombosis, and spinal stroke. About 80 to 87% of all strokes are of ischemic origin. Ischemic stroke is further divided into 5 subtypes: 1. Large-artery atherosclerosis. 2. Cardioembolism. 3. Small-vessel occlusion. 4. Stroke of other determined etiology. 5. Stroke of undetermined etiology. Risk factors of stroke can be divided into modifiable and non-modifiable. Modifiable factors are hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, tobacco use, alcohol and drug use, physical inactivity, and atrial fibrillation. Non-modifiable factors are age, sex, race, and genetics.