Sunday, 9 June 2013

Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA)

Stroke:
Definition:

Stroke is an acute brain disorder of vascular origin accompanied by neurological dysfunction that persists for longer than 24 hours.
The neurological dysfunction can be Focal and Global.

Focal; which is typical of vascular occlusion.
Global; it can occur when vascular rupture leads to hemorrhage and mass effect.

Classification of Stroke:
It can classified according to the different causes;

  1. Ischemic.
  2. Hemorrhagic.
1. Ischemic Stroke:

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