Stroke

Sandra Narayanan, MD, Vascular Neurologist and Neurointerventional Surgeon at the Pacific Stroke and Neurovascular Center at Pacific Neuroscience Institute, explains the difference between hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke. The main difference between the two types of stroke is the underlying cause of the brain damage. In ischemic stroke, the damage is caused by a lack of blood supply due to a blood clot, while in hemorrhagic stroke, it is caused by bleeding into the brain tissue. Both types of stroke are medical emergencies and require immediate medical attention to prevent further damage and improve outcomes. https://www.pacificneuroscienceinstitute.org/people/sandra-narayanan/ https://www.pacificneuroscienceinstitute.org/stroke-neurovascular/conditions-and-treatments/stroke/

Sandra Narayanan, MD, FAHA, FANA, FSVIN, FAAN, is board-certified in neurology and vascular neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and CAST (Committee on Advanced Subspecialty Training)-certified in neuroendovascular surgery. She is a vascular neurologist and neurointerventional surgeon at Pacific Stroke & Neurovascular Center, Pacific Neuroscience Institute. She is director of the neurointerventional program and co-director of the stroke program at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank. https://www.pacificneuroscienceinstitute.org/people/sandra-narayanan/ PROVIDENCE SAINT JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER 501 South Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505 818-847-6049 | Fax: 818-847-4842 PNI-SANTA MONICA PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN’S HEALTH CENTER 2125 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404 310-829-8319

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Pacific Neuroscience Institute physicians provide neurosurgery (brain and spine), neuro-oncology, elective neurovascular and emergency stroke services. Conditions treated at PNI-Burbank include brain tumor, pituitary disorders, facial pain, hydrocephalus, elective and emergency brain aneurysms and malformations, and stroke. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, CA, is a nationally renowned, award-winning hospital which strives to provide the best possible medical care to its patients and community. Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center https://www.pacificneuroscienceinstitute.org/about-us/providence-saint-joseph-medical-center-burbank/ Main: (818) 843-5111 | Neurosciences: (818) 847-6049

For Dr. Jason Tarpley, speed is everything. He’s the director of Pacific Neuroscience Institute’s Stroke & Neurovascular Center, and when it comes to stroke—a blockage in an artery that feeds the brain—time is a killer. For every minute that a section of brain matter doesn’t get blood flow, 1.9 million neurons suffocate to death, taking brain function with them. Dr. Tarpley’s message to his team? No matter how fast you’re going, you should be going faster. What that means in vascular neurology is threading a tube the size of a phone-charging cord into an artery in the leg, then running progressively smaller ones through that one until they telescope all the way up and into the brain, guided by hi-tech real-time imaging. Once there, Dr. Tarpley and his team capture and remove the blood clots that block critical arteries just millimeters wide. In addition to being fast and precise with his hands, if he’s not in the hospital at the call of a CODE STROKE, Dr. Tarpley is already on the phone with the hospital and emergency services while he drives in at any time, night or day, ensuring that everything is prepped and ready to treat each patient rapidly for the most favorable outcome.

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This is a double-blind, sham-surgery controlled study of stereotactic, intracranial injection of SB623 cells in patients with fixed motor deficits…