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Sometimes called a brain attack, a hemorrhagic stroke is caused by blood vessels in the brain bursting or leaking, which increases pressure on brain cells and kills or damages them.
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Travis suffered the stroke in 2013, after which doctors gave him a 2% chance of surviving following the discovery that in addition to paralysis the brain attack caused damage to the area of his brain controlling speech and language that had left it nearly beyond repair.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 May 2024
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Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
Travis suffered the stroke in 2013, after which doctors gave him a 2% chance of surviving following the discovery that in addition to paralysis the brain attack caused damage to the area of his brain controlling speech and language that had left it nearly beyond repair.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 May 2024
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“Brain attack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brain%20attack. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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