Stroke Check 2003 Provides Screening and Information About Stroke

Thursday, April 17, 2003

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 17, 2003– Mayo Clinic Hospital in northeast Phoenix is one of the hospitals in the greater Phoenix area participating in the Stroke Check 2003 screening/informational program about stroke risk factors and warning signs. Stroke Check is a national program developed by Operation Stroke, the American Stroke Association and the American Society of Neuroradiology.

This program will take place Thursday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the main lobby of Mayo Clinic Hospital, located at 5777 E. Mayo Boulevard in northeast Phoenix.

Stroke Check is a drop-in program designed to help identify an individual's risk for stroke. It includes a stroke risk questionnaire, blood pressure and heart rate check, a video on stroke prevention, educational materials, and a brief review the stroke risk questionnaire results with a stroke neurologist.

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and a leading cause of serious long-term disability. Every 53 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke, and of the 600,000 people annually who will suffer a stroke, almost 160,000 of them will die. It is estimated that the annual economic cost of stroke in the U.S. is $49 billion.

No reservation is needed. For more information, contact Nadine Lendzion, R.N., Clinical Nurse Specialist at Mayo Clinic Hospital, 480-342-1334.

Mayo Clinic is a private group practice of medicine dedicated to providing diagnosis and treatment of patient illnesses through a systematic focus on individual patient needs. As a leading academic medical center in the Southwest, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale focuses on providing specialty and surgical care in more than 66 disciplines at its outpatient facility in north Scottsdale and at Mayo Clinic Hospital. The 205-bed hospital is located at 56th Street and Mayo Boulevard (north of Bell Road) in northeast Phoenix, and provides inpatient care to support the medical and surgical specialties of the Clinic, which is located at 134th Street and Shea Boulevard in Scottsdale.

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