Stroke (S) vs.Acute Myocardial Infarction(AMI)
S - a sudden, dramatic, emergent impairment of NS with a focal neurol.deficit
AMI - an acute, emergent impairment of myocardial activity (arrhytmia, infarction)
Incidence, prevalence of S,AMI - identical
Mortality during 1st month - very similar
Dg.,Th.Approach to S, AMI- very different