People with brain bleeds had nearly 7 times higher blood levels of a specific brain protein, called glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), than those who had strokes caused by clots in a study ...
“In ischemic stroke, you need to open the blocked blood vessel with clot-busting drugs or physically remove the clot,” Kalra added. “In contrast, in a bleeding stroke, you need to lower increased ...