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Stroke Care Appointments and Info: 859-323-5661
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in Kentucky. Also called "brain attack," stroke is a medical emergency as serious as a heart attack. Our Stroke Specialists are available 24 hours a day to make sure every stroke is treated immediately. Our multidisciplinary Stroke Team stays on the leading edge of stroke treatment, using the latest technology and clot-busting drugs to treat strokes before they can damage the brain.
Leading-edge stroke careStroke patients at the Kentucky Neuroscience Institute have access not only to the region’s top doctors, but also to the most advanced medical technology. KNI is the only health care center in the region that operates the Merci® Retrieval System, a leading-edge tool for removing potentially lethal blood clots in the brain. Merci is guided by doctors, but it is smaller and more flexible than a human hand. The system is inserted like a catheter, then a doctor uses X-ray imaging to guide it to the clot. The Merci retriever grabs hold of the clot and inflates a tiny balloon to prevent a sudden rush of blood from interfering with the clot’s removal. After the Merci system has drawn the clot out of the body, the balloon deflates and normal blood flow resumes. Stroke warning signs:
If you suffer from any of these symptoms you should seek immediate medical attention or call 911. UK 24-Hour stroke care serviceOur Stroke Team is dedicated to the immediate treatment of stroke. That's why we've set up the following services:
Our physicians:
L. Creed. Pettigrew, MD, Director Stroke screeningThe Stroke Center offers semiannual public screenings for stroke risk, conducted at the Kentucky Clinic at the UK Chandler Hospital and its satellite clinics. A team of volunteer nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, research personnel and administrators provide members of the general public with a free physical examination, an opportunity to consult with a neurologist, pharmacist, or physician assistant and a computer-analyzed assessment of risk for stroke and strategies for reducing that risk, based on a model developed by the National Stroke Association. For more information or to register for a screening, call UK HealthCare Connection at 859-257-1000 or 800-333-8874 toll free. Stroke-L Listserve serviceThe Stroke Program of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging sponsors a Listserve group, STROKE-L, to share information and opinions, ideas and inquiries that relate to stroke. All interested subscribers are welcome to discuss any stroke-related topic. The discussion is not technical and scientific. Rather, the list serves as a source of support and information exchange for stroke survivors and their caregivers. To subscribe to Stroke-L, send an e-mail message to listserv@lsv.uky.edu. It is not necessary to have anything in the Subject line of the message. The body of the message should read: Subscribe Stroke-L [your first name] [your last name] Help with Stroke-L Listserve serviceArchives for Stroke-L provide a searchable database organized by topic in a web interface. Access is limited to subscribers. Each subscriber will be required to establish a password. You can ask LISTSERV to mail you basic information.To do so, send e-mail to listserv@lsv.uky.edu with the following text in the message body: help You will receive a message from listserv containing basic LISTSERV command and instructions. The general users guide to Listserv can be viewed or downloaded at the L-Soft web site. The User's Guide provides a complete list of commands to manage your subscription and tips on the etiquette of discussion lists. |
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To make an appointment or find a physician, please call UK HealthCare at 859-257-1000 or toll free 1-800-333-8874. Send us Comments and Corrections.
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