Diseases

Thrombotic Stroke

A type of ischemic stroke resulting from obstruction due to a BLOOD CLOT formed within in a CEREBRAL ARTERY often associated with ATHEROSCLEROSIS. A stroke due to a blood clot in a cerebral vein is a venous infarction (see VENOUS INFARCTION, BRAIN).

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A type of ischemic stroke resulting from obstruction due to a BLOOD CLOT formed within in a CEREBRAL ARTERY often associated with ATHEROSCLEROSIS. A stroke due to a blood clot in a cerebral vein is a venous infarction (see VENOUS INFARCTION, BRAIN).

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  • Stroke, Thrombotic
  • Thrombotic Strokes
  • Acute Thrombotic Stroke
  • Acute Thrombotic Strokes
  • Stroke, Acute Thrombotic
  • Thrombotic Stroke, Acute

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2021

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  • Stroke (1990-2020)
  • Thrombosis (1974-2020)

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  1. National Library of Medicine. Thrombotic Stroke. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000083244. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000083244
  2. Thrombotic Stroke. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107538760