We retrospectively studied 75 consecutive patients with acute stroke. They made up 3.7% of all acute cerebrovascular pathologies. Average age of patients was 37.45 (SD 7.37) and the number of men exceeded women at a ratio of 1.8:1 73% had ischaemic pathology. Those risk factors most often found were tobacco and alcohol consumption and migraine. The most frequent causes were arteriosclerosis and cardioembolism. Etiological diagnosis was not reached in a third of cases. Most patients were treated with antiagregants with aspirin being the most used at a dose of about 200 mg per day. Initial death rate was 4% and more than 60% of patients were asymptomatic or with minimal deficiencies upon discharge.