As a Joint Commission accredited Gold Primary Stroke Center we deliver a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.
Littleton Adventist Hospital is proud to be a recipient of American Stroke Association’s Get With The GuidelinesSM Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award recognizing our commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care. Read more about the American Stroke Associaton Award...
Littleton Adventist Hospital Stroke Center Services
- Rapid response evaluation and treatment of all patients with stroke related symptoms.
- Interventional Neuroradiology
- Neurosurgery for hemorrhagic stroke patients.
- Education to promote stroke awareness and prevention
- Rehabilitation services
Anticoagulants: Drugs that reduce the blood's clotting ability.
Cerebral infarction: Death of part of the brain from lack of oxygen-carrying blood.
Embolism: A clot that breaks loose and moves through the blood to the brain.
Hemorrhagic stroke: A stroke that occurs because a blood vessel breaks open, causing blood to leak into the brain.
Ischemic stroke: A stroke that occurs because a clot blocks a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain.
Occlusion: A closure or blockage of a blood vessel (a clot).
Stroke: A brain attack that occurs because a blood vessel supplying the brain becomes obstructed or tears; a major medical emergency.
Thrombus: A clot that stays inside an intact blood vessel.
Transient ischemic attack: A stroke that occurs for only a few minutes when blood supply is briefly interrupted.
As a Joint Commission accredited Gold Primary Stroke Center we deliver a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted standards and recommendations.
Littleton Adventist Hospital is proud to be a recipient of American Stroke Association’s Get With The GuidelinesSM Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award recognizing our commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care. Read more about the American Stroke Associaton Award...
Littleton Adventist Hospital Stroke Center Services
- Rapid response evaluation and treatment of all patients with stroke related symptoms.
- Interventional Neuroradiology
- Neurosurgery for hemorrhagic stroke patients.
- Education to promote stroke awareness and prevention
- Rehabilitation services
Anticoagulants: Drugs that reduce the blood's clotting ability.
Cerebral infarction: Death of part of the brain from lack of oxygen-carrying blood.
Embolism: A clot that breaks loose and moves through the blood to the brain.
Hemorrhagic stroke: A stroke that occurs because a blood vessel breaks open, causing blood to leak into the brain.
Ischemic stroke: A stroke that occurs because a clot blocks a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain.
Occlusion: A closure or blockage of a blood vessel (a clot).
Stroke: A brain attack that occurs because a blood vessel supplying the brain becomes obstructed or tears; a major medical emergency.
Thrombus: A clot that stays inside an intact blood vessel.
Transient ischemic attack: A stroke that occurs for only a few minutes when blood supply is briefly interrupted.