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Can someone in with normal inr still have a stroke?
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Yes: Stroke can happen to person with normal inr. The common risk factors for stroke includes high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, abnormal heart rythm (atrial fibrillation).
Answered 3/13/2014
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Yes: Strokes can be caused by 'bleeding' or 'blood clot' in the brain. There is no guarantee that having a normal inr (which i assume means you are not on medicines like Coumadin - warfarin) doesn't mean that you can't have an aneurysm burst and bleed or a blood clot break off from your heart and lodge into your brain. Every patient needs to be risk stratified for stroke depending on many factors.
Answered 10/21/2017
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