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Research Chair

It is a research program about studies, research, training and counseling in the field of stroke diagnosis, its applications, the methods of clinical services and providing innovations to this field in line with the Saudi patients.

 

Introduction

Statistics showed that 30 cases of apoplexy in 100,000 citizens, which means that there are nearly 6000 infections annually. Many experts expect apoplexy will dramatically rise in the future due to aging, increasing number of controlled and uncontrolled hypertension cases in addition to the high numbers of smokers, Diabetes and obesity. Patients suffering from stroke are from different age groups. However, the disease is rampant in the 50-60 category bearing in mind that the risk of infection increases with aging, nonetheless some cases exist in children as well.