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Preferred term

Embolic Stroke  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cardioembolic Stroke
  • Cardioembolic Strokes
  • Stroke, Cardioembolic
  • Strokes, Cardioembolic

Scope note

  • An ischemic stroke due to a blood clot, emboli or other types of blockage which forms somewhere other than the brain and subsequently travels near and restricts blood flow to the brain. Most often the origin of the clot is from the heart and is referred to as cardioembolic stroke.

History note

  • 2021

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • embolian aiheuttama aivohalvaus
  • embolian aiheuttama aivoinfarkti
  • verihyytymän aiheuttama aivoinfarkti
  • veritulpan aiheuttama aivohalvaus
  • veritulpan aiheuttama aivoinfarkti
  • Swedish

  • Kardioembolisk stroke

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000083262

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