View a detailed animation of ischemic stroke. Ischemic strokes occur as a result of an obstruction within a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain. The underlying condition for this type of obstruction is the development of fatty deposits lining the vessel walls. This condition is called atherosclerosis. These fatty deposits can cause two types of obstruction:
Currently observing EST â Eastern Standard Time. Observes EST â Eastern Standard Time part of the year, but not currently. Currently has same time zone offset as EST (UTC -5) but different time zone name. Eastern Standard Time (EST) is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time. This time zone is in use during standard time in: North America, Caribbean, Central America. This time zone is often called Eastern Time Zone. See full time zone map.
This time zone converter lets you visually and very quickly convert EDT to EST and vice-versa. Simply mouse over the colored hour-tiles and glance at the hours selected by the column... and done! EDT stands for Eastern Daylight Time. EST is known as Eastern Standard Time. EST is 0 hours ahead of EDT. So, when it is it will be. Other conversions: EDT to Phoenix Time, EDT to Kuala Lumpur Time, EDT to Perth Time, EDT to Helsinki Time.