Stroke Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Hypertension

This can cause an ischemic stroke and hypertension is the most important cause of this type of stroke and also transient ischemic attacks. [world-heart-federation.org]

[…] patients (stroke, 46.4%; nonstroke, 22.6%; P 0.01). [oadoi.org]

It causes about 50 per cent of ischemic strokes and also increases the risk of hemorrhagic stroke The damage that hypertension causes happens over time and is often only diagnosed [world-heart-federation.org]

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Hypoglycemia

[…] subcutaneously to keep near-normal blood glucose levels, preventing the progression and onset of diabetes-related complications, i.e. kidney failure, blindness, amputation, stroke [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hypoglycemia was not associated with stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, or noncardiovascular and noncancer death. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Signorovitch et al[ 29 ] also indicated a significant associations of hypoglycemia with comorbidities such as mental disorders and stroke. [doi.org]

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Diabetes Mellitus

stroke subtypes, including 152 630 individuals and 2280 stroke events ( Figure 4 ). [doi.org]

[…] or stroke subtypes, including 152,630 individuals and 2,280 stroke events ( Figure 4 ). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

stroke and included a study level covariate indicating whether the outcome was ischemic stroke or total stroke. [doi.org]

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Alzheimer Disease

A Leeds team found a lack of oxygen in the brain, which occurs during strokes or even in heavy snorers, can affect brain cells called astrocytes. [news.bbc.co.uk]

Neuroprotective properties of statins in cerebral ischemia and stroke. Stroke 1999 Sep; 30(9): 1969–73 PubMed CrossRef Google Scholar 51. [oadoi.org]

Age-at-onset per unit* 1.3 (1.03 – 1.6) 0.03 Stroke 0.7 (0.4 – 1.2) NS: 0.20 High MF 3.2 (0.4 – 24.4) NS: 0.25 Age-at-onset per unit 1.3 (1.02 – 1.5) 0.04 Stroke 0.7 (0.4 [dx.doi.org]

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Hypercholesterolemia

When atherosclerosis blocks arteries that supply blood to the brain, it can cause a stroke. [drugs.com]

[…] levels and stroke. [n.neurology.org]

If hypercholesterolemia remains untreated for long, it can cause several complications such as myocardial infarction, stroke and insulin resistance. [symptoma.com]

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Acute Amphetamine Intoxication

Gain fresh perspectives and up-to-date insights from the world’s leading authorities on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of stroke. [books.google.de]

[…] coverage of: the chemical basis for analyte assays and common interferences; lipids and dyslipoproteinemia; markers in the blood for cardiac injury evaluation and related stroke [books.google.de]

This is seen particularly in the left frontal cortex which can lead to hemorrhages and other forms of strokes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Essential Hypertension

The aim of our study was to evaluate the laboratory parameters which are possibly related to the onset of Ischemic Stroke (IS) in essential hypertension, and identify the [alliedacademies.org]

[…] the greatest impacts on the occurrence of ACS, ischemic stroke, and renal damage in EH patients, respectively. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] volume index, and LA active stroke volume index, P CONCLUSION: RT3DE measured LA phasic volumes and mechanical functions are associated with hypertensive EOD, which might [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Cerebral Thrombosis

In all, CVT accounts for 0.5–1% of all strokes [6]. [intechopen.com]

This results in artery occlusion, ischemia and stroke. [symptoma.com]

Hyperhomocysteinemia in Black patients with stroke may be partially caused by renal insufficiency. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Metabolic Syndrome

The findings from this study could be useful for assessing metabolic syndrome risk factors in stroke, and determining approaches for prevention of stroke in the future. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for neurological disorders such as stroke, depression and Alzheimer's disease. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

They may also prescribe low-dose aspirin to help reduce your risk of stroke and heart attack. [healthline.com]

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Atrial Arrhythmia

It is unclear if shorter runs of atrial arrhythmia are relevant with regard to stroke risk. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is unclear if shorter runs are relevant with regards to stroke risk. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

To help raise awareness about the association between AFib and the increased risk of stroke, National Stroke Association has developed the AFib-Stroke Connection. [stroke.org]

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Crack Ingestion

Neurovascular complications of cocaine use at a tertiary stroke center. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2010;19(4):273–8. [link.springer.com]

Stroke. Overdose victims are also prone to blood sugar crises and this is monitored as well. [mentalhelp.net]

Apathy Exhaustion Infertility Irritability Increased frequency of risky behavior Delirium Psychosis Severe depression Paranoid behavior Respiratory failure Kidney failure Stroke [addictioncenter.com]

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Atrial Fibrillation

[…] risk factors, and stroke prevention. [doi.org]

Atrial fibrillation is found in a third of all ischaemic strokes, even more after post-stroke atrial fibrillation monitoring. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This paper provides a review of the epidemiology of AF and stroke, stroke and bleeding risk, assessment tools and evidence based treatments for the prevention of stroke in [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Migraine

Migrainous stroke is only diagnosed when all other possible causes of stroke have been eliminated and the patient has irreversibility of the usual aura, associated with an [oadoi.org]

Nightingale AL, Farmer RDT: Ischemic stroke in young women: A nested case-control study using the UK general practice research database. Stroke 2004, 35 :1574–1578. [oadoi.org]

Migrainous stroke. Arch Neurol 1988, 45 :63–67. PubMed Google Scholar 8. [oadoi.org]

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Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia

Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) is an inherited genetic disorder that causes dangerously high cholesterol levels, which can lead to heart disease, heart attack, or stroke [thefhfoundation.org]

Often, low-dose aspirin is taken daily to lower risk of stroke. [ahajournals.org]

The researchers found that long-term CHD and atherosclerotic CVD (including stroke) risk rose by approximately fivefold among those with an FH phenotype, even after adjustment [healio.com]

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Familial Hypercholesterolemia Type 1

High levels of LDL cholesterol raise your risk for heart disease and stroke. [croi.ie]

These drugs help lower your risk of heart attack and stroke. [nlm.nih.gov]

The primary end point was all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events comprising myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, transient ischemic attack, peripheral [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Menopause

[…] of stroke, with 1.5% higher risk of CVD death ( P P 0.002), and 0.5% for incident stroke ( P 0.02) for every 1 year lower age at menopause. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Using estrogen-alone may increase your chances of getting strokes or blood clots. [premarin.com]

The composite 1-year outcome included all-cause mortality, recurrent myocardial infarction and stroke. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Atrial Flutter

The primary outcome was ischemic stroke. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] underlying stroke risk factors. 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] conferred some risk of thromboembolic stroke (14). [content.onlinejacc.org]

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Cerebral Hemorrhage

While ischemic strokes happen when the blood flow to a part of the brain is interrupted, a hemorrhagic stroke is caused when there is bleeding into brain tissue that kills [web.archive.org]

On the site of the stroke center you can find more information about strokes or hemorrhages. [braininjury-explanation.com]

but none of the SNPs tested had an association with ischemic stroke. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Carotid Artery Occlusion

The aetiology of perinatal arterial ischemic stroke remains speculative. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Two strokes occurred in the immediate postoperative period (thromboembolic), two strokes occurred within days of ICA occlusion (hypoperfusion), and two strokes occurred at [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Outcome at 3 months was defined using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score corrected for baseline stroke severity. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Reversible Ischemic Neurologic Deficit

Thoroughly updated to reflect the best current practices in stroke medicine, Handbook of Stroke, Second Edition is a user-friendly one-stop guide to the clinical management [books.google.com]

[…] deficit (RIND) or stroke is still controversial. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Gain fresh perspectives and up-to-date insights from the world’s leading authorities on the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of stroke. [books.google.com]

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Status Epilepticus

In 17 patients, SE was the first epileptic symptom (initial SE), and in 4 patients, stroke began with SE (S-SE). [n.neurology.org]

Median time from stroke to SE was 15 days (0-532). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

All stroke types were evenly distributed within the early-onset group, whereas only ischaemic stroke was found in the late-onset group. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Carotid Stenosis

Ischemia causes 85% of strokes and 75% of these ischemic strokes occur within the area supplied by the internal carotid artery (ICA). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] and to what extent they predict stroke, based on recent literature. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The primary safety and efficacy outcome measures were stroke or death rate at 30 days and ipsilateral stroke at 1 year (including ipsilateral stroke and death rate at 30 days [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Gingivitis

Periodontal Disease, Regular Dental Care Use, and Incident Ischemic Stroke. Stroke. 2018 Jan 15. [Medline]. [emedicine.medscape.com]

The result is atherosclerosis, hardening and narrowing of the arteries, and this can lead to a heart attack or stroke. [health911.com]

2.6; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-5.6) and thrombotic (hazard ratio, 2.2; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-3.8) stroke subtypes. [emedicine.medscape.com]

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Migrainous Stroke

Twenty-two patients with acute migraine-associated stroke were prospectively evaluated; 91% were female, and 23% had a prior history of presumed migrainous stroke. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract The pathogenesis of migrainous stroke is controversial. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

stroke and assess the risk of future stroke in these two populations. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Thrombosis

ISSN: 1747-4949, 1747-4930 OCLC Number: 980549155 Notes: World Stroke Organization incorporates the International Stroke Society and the World Stroke Federation. [worldcat.org]

RESULTS: There were 29,384 ischemic stroke cases. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Cerebral venous thrombosis, nonpyogenic, with stroke Cerebrovascular accident due to nonpyogenic cerebral venous thrombosis 437.6 Excludes ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries [icd9data.com]

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Stroke

How are strokes diagnosed? [medlineplus.gov]

Treatment for stroke includes acute stroke management and surgical management. [symptoma.com]

Hemorrhagic stroke There are two types of stroke, hemorrhagic and ischemic. [stroke.org]

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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Any stroke is a medical emergency. [saintlukeskc.org]

In contrast, embolic stroke is not recognized as a cause of aneurysmal-like SAH. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We report a case of cSAH caused by cardioembolic stroke. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Hypoxia

The patient had hypoxia and tachypnea from pulmonary edema during acute ischemic stroke, which may have accentuated the ischemic change in cerebral hemodynamic. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

As the average age in many countries steadily rises, heart infarction, stroke, and cancer become the most common causes of death in the 21st century. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Symptoms Cyanosis, numbness or pins and needles feeling of the extremities Complications Gangrene, necrosis Risk factors Diabetes, coronary artery disease, heart attack, stroke [en.wikipedia.org]

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Subdural Hematoma

Published on Jan 15, 2017 Full Video includes: Hemorrhagic stroke, epidural & subdural hematoma, intraparenchymal & subarachnoid hemorrhage Presented by USMLE Ace, Inc. [youtube.com]

Here, we present the case of a 64 year-old male whose prostate carcinoma's metastasis mimicked a subdural hematoma, and he suffered a middle cerebral artery stroke. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Página 311 - The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Study Group. Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. ‎ [books.google.es]

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Holiday Heart Syndrome

If that happens, and the blood clot dislodges, it could travel to the brain, where it may block blood flow and cause a stroke. [scpr.org]

[Guideline] Meschia JF, Bushnell C, Boden-Albala B, et al, for the AHA Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, et al. [emedicine.com]

"There may be people who present with a stroke to the emergency room and at that time doctors are dealing with the acute stroke," Gulati said. [edition.cnn.com]

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