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Should Stroke Be Considered Both a Brain Attack and a Heart Attack?

Seemant Chaturvedi MD, FAHA, FAAN^*

From the Department of Neurology and Stroke Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich.

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: SChaturv{at}med.wayne.edu.

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