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Can their be heart stroke, because i was under impression that stroke can only be of brain?
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Different names: For different organs. In fact some people have advocated calling a stroke a "brain attack" to motivate people to seek immediate treatment like they have learned for a heart attack. Similar problem occurring with a blocked artery, just to a different organ.
Answered 9/28/2016
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No: Heart "strokes" are heart attacks or myocardial infarctions.
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