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| potentially fatal cutoff of the blood supply to the brain, which results in a sudden loss of function of a part of the brain |
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| what is an ischemic stroke? |
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| when a blood vessel leading to the brain becomes blocked and causes irreversible death of brain cells (infarction) |
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| what happens when blockage occurs because of atherosclerotic plaque (fatty deposit)? |
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| buildup on the inside walls of the arteries in the neck and head, decreasing flow of blood to brain tissue |
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| what happens with blockage occurs because of a thrombus (blood clot)? |
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| forms inside a blood vessel and block blood flow to the part of the brain the blood vessel serves |
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| what happens when blockage occurs because of an embolism (wandering blood clot)? |
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| can break off and get stuck in one of the smaller blood vessels in the brain |
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