There are some complications when AVM occurs: stroke, numbness, problems with speech or movement, developmental delays in children, accumulation of spinal fluid in brain, lower quality of life and small risk for death from hemorrhage. Dr. Italo Linfante, Medical Director of Interventional Neuroradiology & Endovascular Neurosurgery with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, says seizures can be…...

Dr. Italo Linfante, Medical Director of Interventional Neuroradiology & Endovascular Neurosurgery with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, explains there are two types of strokes: ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke, when the artery bursts and bleeds out. It can be caused by AVM, vascular malformation or aneurysm. Not all of AVMs lead to strokes. They only happen…...

Rosemarie Schwitzer, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains she finds in the hospital a good opportunity not only to reach the patients, but also the community. She says they have an annual stroke fair to take the opportunity to provide an education to the community, whether it is family members who…...

Stroke is due to a lack of blood flow to the brain. Dr. Felipe de los Rios, Neurologist with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, explains its characteristics and how often it occurs. ************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel: . . Follow us on social media: FACEBOOK: TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: . . Listen to our Podcast: SPOTIFY: APPLE…...

Dr. Lucinda Adriana Arenas, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician with Baptist Health South Florida talks about the symptoms of a stroke. The specialist explains aphasia happens when brain cells die during a stroke. Patients don’t have abilities for expressing themselves verbally. The rehabilitation program is designed once the patient has been evaluated and the deficits…...

There are two types of strokes. The most common is the ischemic stroke, when a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked. The other type is hemorrhagic stroke, which can be a bleeding into the brain caused by high blood pressure or other types of hammers in the brain. Dr. Guilherme Dabus, Director of the…...

F (face) A (arm) S (speech) T (time) is an acronym to help quickly recognize the symptoms of a stroke, perhaps at home, says Dr. Italo Linfante, Medical Director of Interventional Neuroradiology & Endovascular Neurosurgery with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center. He also affirms every second counts when a person has a stroke, because 2 million…...

Dr. Italo Linfante, Medical Director of Interventional Neuroradiology and Endovascular Neurosurgery with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, explains interventional radiology is a new specialty in neurosurgery and radiology in which they use minimally invasive techniques to treat brain diseases, in particular those ones that affect the brain vessels. "The technique that we have nowadays is more…...