Cerebrovascular disease | |
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Classification and external resources | |
ICD-10 | I60.-I69. |
Cerebrovascular disease, stroke or cerebrovascular accident,[1] is a vascular disease of the cerebral circulation. Arteries supplying oxygen to the brain are affected which results in one of a number of cerebrovascular diseases. Commonest is a stroke or mini-stroke or sometimes hemorrhagic stroke. Any of these can result in vascular dementia.[2]