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What is another term for stroke or stroke syndrome?

Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the medical term for stroke.


What is a Cerebrovascular accident can be caused by?

thrombosis


What is the difference between acute cerebrovascular disease and cerebrovascular accident?

Acute cerebrovascular disease is the hardening of the arteries that supply blood to the brain. A cerebrovascular accident is when a stroke occurs due to a blood clot in the arteries leading to the brain.


What is the medicalterm for a stroke?

A CVA or a cerebrovascular accident.


What is the cerebrovascular accident?

A CVA is also called a stroke.


A cerebrovascular accident commonly causes?

it is a fart


Can a stroke also be called a CBA?

cerebrovascular accident (CVA),


What does Cerebrovascular accident mean?

That's a fancy way of saying "stroke". A stroke is either a blockage of blood vessels in the brain, or a leak ( a rupture) in a blood vessel in the brain. Blockages or "occlusions" are more common than "hemorrhagic" (bleeding) strokes. The word "cerebrovascular" means "brain" (cerebro) and "blood vessels" (vascular). And "accident" means "something went wrong!"


What is cva in biology?

CVA stands for Cerebrovascular Accident, a.k.a Stroke.


Cerebral aneurysm thrombosis or hemorrhage can be the cause of?

cerebrovascular accident


What brain dysfunction is also known as a stroke?

CVA (cerebrovascular accident)


What doctor studies cerebrovascular accident?

Commonly it is the neurologist who is concerned with patients who have had strokes (CVA)