Report from Tribunnews.com Journalist, Eko Sutriyanto
TRIBUNNEWS.COM – This time stroke ranks the first cause of death disease in Indonesia and the second cause of death worldwide, after coronary heart disease.
Doctors who specialize in the heart and blood vessels Siloam Hospitals Manado, dr Vekky Sariowan, Sp JP said, there are two types stroke in terms of etiology.
“First, a stroke caused by obstruction of blood flow or what is known as an ischemic stroke and second is a stroke caused by a cerebral blood vessel rupture or hemorrhagic stroke,” he said during a webinar entitled Prevent Stroke by Dancing (Feeling Your Own Pulse) held by Siloam. Hospitals Manado recently.
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In comparison, rupture of cerebral vessels, turned out to be the majority of cases stroke precisely due to obstruction of blood flow or stroke ischemic.
“As many as 2/3 of the total stroke patient population consists of ischemic strokes whose causes are cardioembolic,” said Vekky.
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One of the first steps to prevent it from happening stroke is to do early detection of atrial fibrillation disease.
Atrial fibrillation is a condition in which the atria (atria) of the heart do not contract normally or only fibrillation occurs, causing the heart to beat irregularly.
“This condition causes the blood flow in the coronary artery to become stasis and easily form blood clots. Blood clots in the heart space that when released can cause blockage of the blood flow of the brain (cardioembolic),” he said,
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