Recurrent Stroke WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Recurrent Stroke
A stroke happens when a blood vessel in the brain is suddenly blocked or ruptures. A recurrent stroke is when someone has another stoke within 5 years of their previous stroke. About one fourth of people who recover from a stroke have a recurrent stroke.1
Fast Facts:
- Recurrent stroke is a major contributor to stroke-related disability and death.1
- Risk of recurrent stroke decreases with time.1
- 3% of recurrent strokes occur with 30 days of first stroke.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 eMedTV: Recurrent Stroke
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- Contributor: Matthew Jones
- Reviewer: Amy Sandhu
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 29, 2009
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- Contributor: Matthew Jones
- Reviewer: Amy Sandhu
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Recurring Stroke, Stroke:Recurrent, Recurrent Stoke
- Last update: Oct. 29, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.