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What type of stroke occurs as a result of an obstruction within a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain.
Ischemic Stoke
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What is distinct sign of AVM termed by MDs to describe rhythmic whooshing cuased by rapid blood flow.
Bruit
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What type of stroke is weakened blood vessel ruptures. Two types of weakened blood vessels usually cause hemorrhagic stroke: aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations (AVMs).
Hemorrhagic Stroke
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What is severe type of AVM often associated hydrocephalus and usually d/o shortly after birth.
Vein of Galen Defect
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What are two types of weakening blood vessels usually responsble for hemorrhagic stroke.
Aneurysms and Arteriovenous Malformations AVM
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What is ear noise/buzzing, diffiuclty walking, seizures, blued vision or double vision, dizziness, numbness.
Symptoms of AVM
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What is sometimes called a mini-stoke and starts like a "real stroke" and then resolves.
Transient Stroke TIA
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What is the common term for a blocked or ruptured blood vessel in the brain
Stroke
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