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Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
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A transitory stroke that lasts only a few minutes. Occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is briefly interrupted.
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TIA symptoms
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numbness or weakness in the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body; confusion or difficulty in talking or understanding speech; trouble seeing in one or both eyes; difficulty with walking, dizziness, and/or loss of balance and coordination.
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Cerebral infarction
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Due to either embolism or thrombosis of the intra or extracranial arteries.
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Cerebral hemorrhage
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Bleed secondary to hypertension or aneurysm
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Cerebral anteriovenous malformation (AVM)
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Abnormal, tangled collections of dilated blood vessels that result from congenitally malformed vascular structures.
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Middle cerebral artery (MCA) stroke
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Results in contralateral hemiplegia, hemianesthesia, homonymous hemianopsia, aphasia, and/or apraxia
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Internal carotid artery (ICA) stroke
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contralateral hemiplegia, hemianesthesia, homonymous hemianopsia, aphasia, and/or apraxia
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Anterior cerebral artery (ACA) stroke
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Results in contralateral hemiplegia, grasp reflex, incontinence, confusion, apathy, and/or mutism
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Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) stroke
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Results in homonymous hemianopsia, thalamic pain, hemisensory loss, and/or alexia
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Vetebrobasilar system stroke
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Results in pseudobulbar sign signs (dysathria, dysphagia, emotional instability), tetraplegia
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