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NeurologicalSevere
Stroke
Emergency Medicine · Neurological
Severe
Severity
Common — a leading cause of death and long-term disability worldwide
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Emergency Medicine
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Ischemic stroke most commonly results from a blood clot that forms within a narrowed artery due to atherosclerosis
- 2or a clot that travels from elsewhere in the body
- 3such as the heart in people with atrial fibrillation
- 4and lodges in a brain artery. Hemorrhagic stroke results from the rupture of a weakened blood vessel
- 5often due to chronic high blood pressure or an aneurysm
- 6causing bleeding directly into brain tissue. Major risk factors for stroke overall include high blood pressure
- 7diabetes
- 8high cholesterol
- 9smoking
- 10atrial fibrillation
- 11and a sedentary lifestyle.
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