How to Use ischemic stroke in a Sentence

ischemic stroke

noun
  • Niehaus had an ischemic stroke, the most common kind of stroke.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The most common type is ischemic stroke, which is when blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or reduced.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
  • While strokes can occur in different ways, the most common is an ischemic stroke.
    — Laura Hensley, Verywell Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This event is caused by a blockage to blood vessels going into the brain, just like an ischemic stroke.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The clot-busting drug that was available to treat ischemic strokes wasn’t good enough for the biggest clots and the worst strokes.
    — Eva Holland, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The risk of ischemic stroke was lower among drinkers who had one, two, three, or seven drinks per week compared to non-drinkers.
    — Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025
  • With an ischemic stroke, that type of medication could be helpful.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
  • An ischemic stroke is what happens when something blocks the arteries or reduces blood flow from the heart to the brain.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Doctors may also treat ischemic stroke with other medicines, such as blood thinners, as well as surgery to remove the clot.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 22 Jan. 2024
  • According to the health ministry, Montoya died from an ischemic stroke.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 18 June 2023
  • Perry died at the age of 52 in 2019 from a massive ischemic stroke.
    — Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 26 May 2026
  • One risk that was lower in people drinking once per day, compared with never drinking, was for ischemic stroke.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The year before, the lawyer suffered an ischemic stroke that impacted his ability to walk.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
  • There are different causes of stroke, but the most common is a blockage of blood flow to part of the brain, which is called an ischemic stroke.
    — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Sinbad had an ischemic stroke — the result of a blood clot that traveled from his heart to his brain — in 2020.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Physicians typically treat ischemic stroke by giving an intravenous medicine that breaks up blood clots.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
  • An ischemic stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is blocked, according to the Mayo Clinic.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Whether the patient is having an ICH stroke or an ischemic stroke, there are some common symptoms seen in both.
    — Mill Etienne, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • An ischemic stroke occurs when part of a blood vessel is blocked, while a hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel begins to leak, or burst.
    — Lori A Bashian Fox News, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • An ischemic stroke is caused by blood vessels becoming narrowed or arteries being blocked by fatty deposits.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Advertisement In April it was revealed that McVie died of an ischemic stroke.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Hemorrhagic strokes are caused by a ruptured blood vessel in the brain and are much less common than ischemic strokes, which happen when a clot or fat deposit blocks a blood flow to the brain.
    — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Her was later diagnosed with an ischemic stroke — in which blood can't reach the brain properly — and underwent two surgeries to stop the clots and to relieve the swelling in her brain.
    — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The drug is intended to minimize the bleeding and subsequent brain damage that can occur after an ischemic stroke, in which a blood clot forms in an artery leading to the brain.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • According to estimates, something like 1 in 3 ischemic strokes end up in this category.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2023
  • The meta-analysis included more than 18 million cases of ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke, which is caused by a blood clot traveling to the brain.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • An ischemic stroke, the most common kind, occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or reduced, preventing oxygen from reaching brain tissue and causing brain cells to die.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Aspirin appeared to reduce the occurrence of ischemic stroke, or a clot in a vessel supplying blood to the brain, though not significantly.
    — Emily Baumgaertner, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • Strehlow said studies have found a range of health threats are more common amid extreme heat, including cardiac arrest, heart attacks and ischemic strokes — those caused by a blockage of blood supply to the brain.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
  • Effendi performed a cerebral angiogram and discovered that Gabriel had an artery dissection, a tear along the inside lining of an artery, which caused an ischemic stroke.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023

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