98 Bowery: 1969-89. View From The Top Floor. Telling stories with pictures and a few carefully chosen words is what I enjoy doing best. Over the years I have been lucky to create many visual narratives during a varied career as an artist, journalist, curator, art historian and publisher.
Ischemic stroke is a type of stroke where blood vessels to the brain are blocked by plaques that either formed in those vessels or moved from a different body part and traveled to the brain vessels to block them, cutting off the blood supply.
Unquestionably, a supportive family, friends and environment can help stroke patients with recovery. Minimize Brain Damage From a Stroke. Treatment of an ischemic stroke is the restoration of blood flow to the brain to prevent and minimize damage. A blockage is usually caused by atherosclerosis, an accumulation of plaque (deposits of fat) in the arteries that narrows them, reducing blood flow, or by blood clots in the arteries.