Stroke

May 28, 2007


Johns Hopkins Health Alerts | Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) and Stroke | Stroke

A stroke is a medical emergency caused either by obstruction of an artery carrying blood to the brain or by rupture of one of the cerebral arteries. Because brain cells cannot regenerate, lack of oxygen from blockage of the blood supply may quickly lead to cell death and permanent brain damage.

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