- Autonomic Dysfunction in Stroke

Stroke is the third leading cause of mortality and one of the leading causes of adult disability in the United States and Canada (American Heart Association, 2010; Heart and Stroke Canada, 2010). The two main types of stroke are ischemic and hemorrhagic. Ischemic stroke, which accounts for about 80% of all strokes (Heart and Stroke, 2010), occurs when a thrombus or an embolus blocks blood ¬ow to a part of the brain for a suf­cient amount of …