Stroke Background: Stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States today, following cardiovascular disease and cancer. It is also the leading cause of disability in this area as well. There are four types of strokes: cerebral embolism, cerebral thrombosis, cerebral hemorrhage, and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Causes: A clot in the blood vessel carrying blood to the brain causes stroke. Another name for this is an embolism. It can be caused by a …showed first 75 words of 830 total…

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