section_path: Causes/Venous thrombosis
section_name: Venous thrombosis
paragraph_text: Venous thrombosis
  
  Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis leads to stroke due to locally increased venous pressure, which exceeds the pressure generated by the arteries. Infarcts are more likely to undergo hemorrhagic transformation (leaking of blood into the damaged area) than other types of ischemic stroke.