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stroke
(redirected from Brain attack)

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Professionals commonly refer to strokes as brain attacks because they have origins similar to those of a heart attack.
: Also called a brain attack, a stroke describes the symptoms of a patient with an injury to the brain from a lack of blood flow or from bleeding.
The certification is based on the recommendations for primary stroke centers published by the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association's statements/guidelines for stroke care.
 
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