A blockage of blood flow through a vessel in the brain by a blood clot that formed elsewhere in the body and traveled to the brain.
Cerebral embolism
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- stroke (disease)
- Hemorrhage (medical science)
- Circulation disorders (noninfectious diseases)
- Blood Clots
- Lipiduria
- Ted Elliott (umpire)
- Neurocardiology
- 1914 (chronology)
- 1950 (chronology)
- Webster Thayer
