Causes of ictus - Hospital Clínic Barcelona Cardiac arrhythmias (particularly atrial fibrillation), dilated cardiomyopathy or heart valve abnormalities can produce blood clots inside the heart The blood clot can travel through the arteries up to the brain; once there, it may block an artery and cause a stroke
ictus - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noun ictus (plural ictus or ictuses or ictusses) The pulse (medicine) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc (prosody) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word Compare arsis
What does ICTUS mean? - Definitions. net An ictus is a stress or accent that allows a rhythm to be maintained in poetry or music It can also refer to a stroke or sudden attack of a disease, particularly in medical terms such as a heart attack or seizure
Stroke: what it is and how to recognize it - Cristalfarma Ictus (from the Latin word for "stroke") is a condition that can suddenly strike a person in the midst of well-being and who may then experience acute symptoms that may be transient, constant, or may even worsen in the hours following the event