Learn About Apoplexy

What is the definition of Apoplexy?

Apoplexy is bleeding into an organ or loss of blood flow to an organ. For example,

  • Adrenal apoplexy -- bleeding into the adrenal glands
  • Pituitary apoplexy -- bleeding into the pituitary gland

Apoplexy most often refers to stroke symptoms that occur suddenly. Such symptoms occur due to bleeding into the brain. It can also occur by a blood clot in a brain blood vessel. Conditions such as subarachnoid hemorrhage or stroke are sometimes called apoplexy.

Functional apoplexy is when a person appears to be having stroke-like symptoms. However, there is no brain defect.

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Bruce I. Ovbiagele
Dr. Bruce I. Ovbiagele
Neurology
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Neurology

University Hospital

171 Ashley Ave, 
Charleston, SC 

Bruce Ovbiagele is a Neurologist in Charleston, South Carolina. Ovbiagele has been practicing medicine for over 32 years and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Apoplexy. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Apoplexy, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Seizures, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

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Dr. Pascal M. Jabbour
Neurosurgery
Elite
Highly rated in
35
conditions
Neurosurgery

Jefferson Health

Jefferson Neurological Associates

909 Walnut St, 
Philadelphia, PA 

Pascal Jabbour is a Neurosurgery expert in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Jabbour has been practicing medicine for over 25 years and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Apoplexy. He is also highly rated in 35 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Brain Aneurysm, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Stroke, Endovascular Embolization, and Stent Placement. Jabbour is currently accepting new patients.

 
 
 
 
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Dr. Shadi R. Yaghi
Neurology
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Lifespan

Neurology Foundation Inc

593 Eddy St, 
Providence, RI 

Shadi Yaghi is a Neurologist in Providence, Rhode Island. Yaghi has been practicing medicine for over 16 years and is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Apoplexy. He is also highly rated in 13 other conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Stroke, Apoplexy, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), Stent Placement, and Transmyocardial Revascularization. Yaghi is currently accepting new patients.

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What are the latest Apoplexy Clinical Trials?
A Multicenter, National, Investigator-initiated, Randomized, Parallel-group, Registerbased Superiority Study to Compare Extended ECG Monitoring Versus Standard ECG Monitoring of 1-2 Days in Elderly Patients With Ischemic Stroke or TIA.
Enrollment Status: Recruiting
Publish Date: December 15, 2022
Intervention Type: Diagnostic Test
Study Phase: Not Applicable

Summary: Stroke is one of the leading causes behind death and permanent disability in adults. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common clinical arrhythmia and its prevalence is steeply increasing with age. Atrial fibrillation is associated with a manifold increase in the risk for stroke. It is considered important to investigate the heart rhythm in stroke survivors without previously known AF, because d...

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Patient-tailored Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation to Improve Stroke Rehabilitation
Enrollment Status: Recruiting
Publish Date: December 15, 2022
Intervention Type: Device
Study Phase: Not Applicable

Summary: In a double-blinded sham-controlled study the effect of patient-tailored transcranial direct current stimulation during rehabilitation training will be examined.

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What are the Latest Advances for Apoplexy?
Effect of Age, Stage, and Type of Surgical Revascularization on Clinical and Angiographic Outcome in Moyamoya Disease - Experience from a Case Series of 175 Revascularization Procedures.
Condition: Moyamoya Disease (MMD)
Journal: Neurology India
Treatment Used: Surgical Revascularization
Number of Patients: 133
Published: November 10, 2022
Sixteen-Syndrome in a Young Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Condition: Sixteen Syndrome in Young Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
Journal: Neurology India
Treatment Used: Antiplatelet Therapy, Heparin, Warfarin, and Cyclophosphamide
Number of Patients: 1
Published: November 10, 2022
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Safety and efficacy of MT10107 in post-stroke upper limb spasticity treatment: A phase I randomized controlled trial.
Condition: Post-Stroke Upper Limb Spasticity
Journal: Medicine
Treatment Used: MT10107, A New Botulinum Toxin Type A
Number of Patients: 30
Published: November 07, 2022
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Who are the sources who wrote this article ?

Published Date: January 29, 2022
Published By: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, UW Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.

What are the references for this article ?

Goldstein LB. Approach to cerebrovascular diseases. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 26th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2020:chap 378.

Thiessen MEW. Thyroid and adrenal disorders. In: Walls RM, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2023:chap 117.