A subarachnoid haemorrhage is an uncommon type of stroke caused by bleeding on the surface of the brain.
Results revealed he had endured a subarachnoid haemorrhage – a life-threatening type of stroke that was caused by a blood vessel in his brain rupturing.
If the haemorrhage is not the result of a head injury, they are most often caused by a burst blood vessel in the brain called a brain aneurysm
Dr Daniel Walsh, a consultant cerebrovascular neurosurgeon at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, told MailOnline that the ruptured aneurysm which caused the patient's stoke is thought to be linked with a sudden increase in blood pressure
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