Dr. Melissa Macias, a residency-trained neurosurgeon, cares for patients in and around Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at Aurora Health Care. A neurosurgeon relying on state-of-the-art methods, Dr. Melissa Macias uses minimally invasive and robot-assisted techniques, where appropriate, when treating people challenged by strokes.
A patient is said to have a “stroke” when life-sustaining oxygen fails to reach brain tissues because oxygen-rich blood cannot access the brain. When cells do not get the oxygen they need, they eventually die.
If, for example, cells controlling motion die during a stroke, the patient in question may manifest symptoms like weakness and paralysis. If cells related to speech die, patients may lose their ability to articulate themselves.
Strokes occupy a position at the nexus of cardiology and neurology. Primary stroke risk-factors include cardiovascular metrics like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and the presence of arterial disease. Since the cardiovascular system regulates blood flow, and since blood flow or lack thereof gives rise to strokes, it follows that strokes demonstrate how brain health depends to a substantial degree on heart health.
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