Satyendra Dhar, MD @DharSaty · 2 years ago
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Cerebral vascular accident-CVA Hippocrates, “father of medicine” first recognized CVA > 2400 years ago & called it
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Cerebral vascular accident-CVA

Hippocrates, “father of medicine” first recognized CVA > 2400 years ago & called it apoplexy, Greek term - "struck down by violence". Name described sudden changes occurring in stroke, but didn’t necessarily convey what’s actually happening in brain.


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Satyendra Dhar, MD @DharSaty · 2 years ago
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