Stroke is not an inevitable stroke of fate

Topic: Stroke is not an unavoidable stroke of fate

Speaker: Ilhami Benli, Chief Physician of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Ilm-Kreis-Kliniken

Time: Friday, March 28, 2025, 3:00 p.m.

Location: TU Ilmenau, Faradaybau, Weimarer Straße 32

Admission: 5 Euro Becoming a care case overnight - every year, 250,000 people in Germany suffer a stroke, around 30,000 of whom are under 55. In a quarter of these cases, the carotid artery has undergone pathological changes. In around 30,000 patients, the anterior carotid artery has narrowed due to calcified and fatty deposits in the vessel wall, known as plaques. Blood clots can form at the narrowing points, which can lead to a blockage or, together with detached plaque particles, block the smallest vessel sections in the brain. The consequences range from temporary paralysis with impaired vision and speech to a cerebral infarction, a stroke that results in permanent neurological deficits. In the worst case, so much brain tissue can be damaged that paralysis remains or the patient even dies.

In his lecture at the TU Ilmenau Citizens’ Campus, Ilhami Benli, Head Physician of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Ilm-Kreis-Kliniken Arnstadt-Ilmenau, describes the clinical picture of stroke and surgical options. Benli will also explain possible preventive examinations, which can be used to detect changes in the carotid arteries at an early stage using ultrasound, for example, in order to take appropriate countermeasures.