Define the different classifications of a CVA

1. Cerebral Embolism
2. Cerebral Hemorrhage
3. Cerebral Infarction
4. Cerebral Thrombosis


1. Cerebral embolism: caused by a floating clot that lodges in a cerebral artery
2. Cerebral infarction: caused by decreased blood flow to the cerebral artery as a result of atherosclerosis
3. Cerebral hemorrhage: caused by a rupture in a cerebral artery
4. Cerebral thrombosis: caused by an obstruction of a cerebral artery as a result of a clot that forms within that particular artery

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