Have you had a stroke? Definition of the Day: Stroke The Stroke Council of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association convened a writing group to develop an expert consensus document for an updated definition of stroke for the 21st century. Central nervous system infarction is defined as brain, spinal cord, or retinal cell death attributable to ischemia, based on neuropathological, neuroimaging, and/or clinical evidence of permanent injury. Central nervous system infarction occurs over a clinical spectrum: Ischemic stroke specifically refers to central nervous system infarction accompanied by overt symptoms, while silent infarction by definition causes no known symptoms. Stroke also broadly includes intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage. The updated definition of stroke incorporates clinical and tissue criteria and can be incorporated into practice, research, and assessments of the public health. stroke.ahajournals.org/content/44/7/2064 HMers are at a higher risk of suffering a stroke, because of the nature of our disease. Check out our poll over at: hemiplegicmigraine.org/index.php/programs/poll/4-stroke THANK YOU ♥
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