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Young people, stroke and a hole in the heart (PFO)

(This post introduces my latest column on TheHeart.org | Medscape Cardiology. It’s about stroke in young people.)  *** We define stroke as the death of brain cells. The typical cause is a blocked blood vessel in the brain. Stroke usually occurs in older people who have established blood vessel disease. Stroke is bad; it may […]