Northwestern Medicine Stroke and Cerebrovascular Care
Stroke is a disease that affects the arteries leading to and within the brain. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked or leaks (bursts). Stroke is a medical emergency, and is the leading cause of adult disability in the United States.
If you suspect you are having a stroke, call 911 right away.
Meet the Northwestern Medicine Stroke Teams
Northwestern Medicine offers the most advanced levels of certification for stroke programs. Our goal is to treat patients as quickly as possible and improve the likelihood they will have a positive outcome after their stroke.
Areas of Care
Conditions
- Amaurosis Fugax
- Angioma
- Aphasia
- Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF)
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Bleed
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Carotid-cavernous Fistula (CCF)
- Cavernoma
- Cavernous Malformations
- CCM
- Cerebral Aneurysm
- Cerebral Embolism
- Cerebral Thrombosis
- Cerebral Vascular Disorders
- Dural Arteriovenous Fistula (DAVF)
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
- Hemifacial Spasm
- Hemorrhagic Stroke
- Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
- Intracranial Hemorrhage
- Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage (IPH)
- Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH)
- Ischemic Stroke
- Microvascular Decompression
- Moyamoya Disease
- Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
- Spinal Arteriovenous Fistula
- Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation
- Spinal Vascular Malformation
- Stroke
- Stroke-Induced Sleep Disorders
- Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Transient Ischemic Attacks
- Vascular Dementia
- Vascular Malformations of the Brain
- Vasculitis
Treatments
- Aneurysm Coiling
- AVM/AVF/DAVF embolization
- Bypass Surgery
- Bypass surgery/Moyamoya
- Carotid Dissection
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Carotid Stenosis
- Carotid Stents
- Central Retina Artery Occlusion (CRAO)
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Direct/Indirect Bypass
- EC-IC Bypass
- Embolization
- Encephalo-duro-arterio-myo-synangiosis/EDAMS
- Encephalo-duro-arterio-synangiosios/EDAS
- Endovascular Surgical Neuroradiology
- Interventional Neuroradiology
- Intracranial Angioplasty
- Intracranial Atherosclerosis
- Intracranial Stenosis
- Intracranial Stenting
- Microvascular Decompression
- Neurocritical Care
- Neurological Rehabilitation
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Other Arterial Dissection
- Thrombectomy
- Vertebral Dissection
- Vertebral Stenosis
- Vertebral Stents
Why Choose Northwestern Medicine
- Northwestern Medicine offers eight hospitals accredited by the Joint Commission as providing advanced levels of stroke care throughout Chicagoland.
- Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital are recognized as Comprehensive Stroke Centers, offering the most advanced levels of stroke treatment available.
- Northwestern Medicine offers five Primary Stroke Centers. This designation recognizes that stroke services at these hospitals have the critical elements required to achieve long-term success in improving outcomes.
- Northwestern Medicine connects over a dozen hospitals via telestroke to provide patients throughout Illinois and Indiana with access to stroke specialists without having to leave the ED.
- Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage hospital offers one of only a few Mobile Stroke Unites in the United States. The mobile stroke unit provides stroke treatment to patients an average of 30 minutes faster.
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- Northern Suburbs
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- Greater DeKalb County
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Certified Comprehensive Stroke Centers must meet the performance measurement requirements for Primary Stroke Centers which includes data collection for the eight Joint Commission stroke (STK) measures.
- NMH FY16-17 Stroke Outcomes and Measures: STK 1-10
- Central DuPage Hospital Comprehensive Stroke and Neurovascular Program Outcomes 2016
More details on these measures can be found on the Joint Commission website.
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