The nurse is discussing stroke etiology with a community group. The nurse would describe which mechanism as causing the most common kind of stroke?
1. Ischemia
2. Hemorrhage
3. Headache
4. Spasm
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Rationale 1: Eighty percent of all strokes are caused by ischemia.
Rationale 2: Hemorrhagic strokes are less common than another type of stroke.
Rationale 3: Headache is a symptom related to stroke but is not a causative mechanism.
Rationale 4: Some strokes are caused by vasospasm, but they are not the predominant type.
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