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What can cause a heart attack vs stroke?
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Arteriosclerosis: Plaque in carotid may lead to microembolic stroke, plaque in coronary may lead to myocardial infarct.
Answered 12/30/2016
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Blood Clots: Both a heart attack and a stroke is caused by a blood clot that gets lodged in a vessel in the heart and brain respectively. The only exception to this is that bleeding in the brain is also termed "stroke, " but it is a "hemorrhagic stroke" rather than an "embolic stroke, " which is from blood clots.
Answered 5/29/2016
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