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Your Health: Knowing is Preventing: Strokes
Cerebrovascular accident (CVA), or stroke, is the death of brain tissue caused by the loss of blood flow to part of the brain. Blood, which carries nutrients and oxygen to the brain, is necessary for brain cells to stay alive. The brain responds quickly—within minutes—from lack of blood causing one or more symptoms.