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Cerebrovascular accident

Cerebrovascular accident: Introduction

Cerebrovascular accident: Occurs when the blood supply to the brain is interrupted and results in cell injury and death. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Cerebrovascular accident is available below.

Symptoms of Cerebrovascular accident

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Cerebrovascular accident: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Cerebrovascular accident

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Misdiagnosis and Cerebrovascular accident

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Causes of Cerebrovascular accident

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Treatments for Cerebrovascular accident

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Cerebrovascular accident

Medical research articles related to Cerebrovascular accident include:

• Anticoagulants for preventing recurrence following presumed non-cardioembolic ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack
• Do you start aspirin and dipyridamole straight after a TIA or should one wait for a CT scan?
• After a TIA or transient visual loss due to embolus for how long should the patient continue with dipyridamole?
• Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging and competing imaging technologies for the diagnosis of stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
• Prognosis in patients with transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and minor stroke attending TIA services in the North West of England: the NORTHSTAR Study
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Clinical Trials for Cerebrovascular accident

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Cerebrovascular accident include:

• Safety and Effectiveness of NXY-059 for the Treatment of Patients Who Have Suffered From a Stroke - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - NXY-059
• Acute Candesartan Cilexetil Outcomes Stroke Trial (ACCOST) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Candesartan
• Evaluation of the STARFlex Septal Closure System in Patients With a Stroke or TIA Due to the Possible Passage of Clot of Unknown Origin Through a Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Brain and Coordination Changes Induced By Robotics and FES Treatment Following Stroke - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Outcomes of Swallowing Rehabilitation After Stroke - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 440 Clinical Trials for Cerebrovascular accident

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Definitions of Cerebrovascular accident:

A sudden, nonconvulsive loss of neurologic function due to an ischemic or hemorrhagic intracranial vascular event. In general, cerebrovascular accidents are classified by anatomic location in the brain, vascular distribution, etiology, age of the affected individual, and hemorrhagic vs. nonhemorrhagic nature. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp777-810) - (Source - Diseases Database)

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