Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is internationally known for pioneering work in cerebrovascular treatment innovation, diagnostic technologies and improved outcomes in stroke care. Ours was one of the first three stroke centers in the country designated by the National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Blindness. Also designated by JCAHO as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, Wake Forest Baptist uses a multidisciplinary approach that combines the expertise of specialists in neurosurgery, interventional radiology, emergency medicine and neurology. Interventional radiology offers a state-of-the-art neuroradiology suite dedicated to neurointerventional procedures. Special equipment is used to guide advanced therapeutic procedures such as: · Revascularization of acute arterial occlusions, · Stenting of occlusive vascular lesions in the carotid arteries · Intracranial blood vessels coiling of aneurysms and angioplasty. Neurosurgical procedures are often performed to help stroke patients, including: Our dedicated neurology inpatient unit includes 16 beds assigned to stroke patients and is designed to meet the needs of patients with ischemic stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIAs), and hemorrhagic stroke. | Highlights
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| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has long been a leader in stroke research, diagnosis, and clinical care and has four board-certified stroke specialists, on call 24 hours a day. |
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| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center uses a new therapy that helps patients who have had a stroke restore function to their impaired side. |
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| Learn about types of stroke and treatments from a leader of stroke research, Wake Forest Baptist. |
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