Stroke (Cerebro-​vascular acci­dent)

General Information

McGill University Health Centre 

• Taking Charge of my Stroke Recovery While in Hospital (2021)
• Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: What Can I Expect? (2022)

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal 

• Hemorrhagic Stroke: Having a Bleed in the Brain (2021)
• Ischemic Stroke: Having a Blood Clot in the Brain (2021)
• TIA: When You are Tested for a Neurological Problem in the Brain (2022)

Heart & Stroke Foundation  

• Jack’s Story: A Sto­ry­book About Stroke
• Signs of Stroke
• Stroke and demen­tia
• Stroke and the Brain
• Types of stroke
• Women and stroke
• Your Stroke Journey A guide for people living with stroke

Medline Plus

• Health Topics: Stroke (2021)
• Stroke: Video (50 seconds) (2020)
• Ver­te­brobasi­lar cir­cu­la­tory dis­or­ders (2020)

American Stroke Association

• About Stroke (2022)

Cedars-Sinai

• What is a Stroke? (2022)

Stroke Engine

• About Stroke

Treatment

See our Treatments section for information on other stroke-related treatments.

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal  

• Treating Stroke With a Drug: Thrombolysis (2021)
• Treating Stroke With a Procedure: Endovascular Thrombectomy (2021)

Heart and Stroke Foundation  

• Stroke Treatments (2022)

Mayo Clinic

• Carotid Angio­plasty and Stent­ing (2022)

Recovery & Life After a Stroke

Heart & Stroke Foundation  

• Recovery and Support
• Cognitive (Thinking) Challenges
• Everyday Tasks: Driving
• Physical Changes After Stroke
• Your stroke journey: A guide for people living with stroke (2022)
• Enabling self-management following stroke: A checklist for patients, families, and caregivers (2021)
• Rehabilitation and Recovery: Your guide to taking charge of your stroke recovery (2020)
• Post-Stroke Checklist (2014)

March of Dimes Canada  

• After Stroke Program

Stroke Recovery Association of BC  

• 7 Steps to Stroke Recovery: Video (2014)
• There is Life after Stroke : Inter­views with Stroke Sur­vivors: Video (2013)

Stroke Engine 

• Cognitive Rehabilitation (2017)

American Stroke Association

• Controlling Post-Stroke Seizures (2018)
• Healthy Living (2019)
• Intimacy After Stroke (2018)
• Memory Loss (2019)
• Stroke and Vision Changes (2019)

Stroke Association (United Kingdom)

• Epilepsy After Stroke (2021)
• Pain After Stroke (2021)
• Vision problems after stroke

Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland

• Relationships and Sex After Stroke (2016)

Stroke Foundation (Australia)

• Vision loss after stroke fact sheet

Support Resources

• Living with Stroke Program - Québec (Heart and Stroke Foundation)  

• Post Stroke Program - Cummings Centre  

• Mon­treal Stroke Club Chap­ter — March of Dimes Stroke Recov­ery Canada   

• Québec Asso­ci­a­tion for Peo­ple with Apha­sia  

• R.C.L. (Québec) for the Dis­abled  

• Stroke Recov­ery Asso­ci­a­tion of BC  

Caregiving

Related topic page: Caregiving

• Heart disease and Stroke - Biblio-Santé (2023)  
• Caregiver Support - Heart & Stroke Foundation  
• Fam­ily Care­giver Alliance (USA)

Research & Clinical Trials

The Neuro's Clinical Research Unit (CRU)  

• Stroke Clinical Trials

Heart & Stroke Foundation  

• Research
• Participate

ClinicalTrials.gov

• Stroke Clinical Trials in Canada