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Transient cerebral ischemic attacks.
“Stroke” is defined as rapid onset of focal neurological deficit, resulting from diseases of the cerebral vasculature and its contents. The term “transient ischemic attacks” (TIA) implies warning symptoms of stroke usually lasting upto 30 minutes to one hour, and complete recovery within 24 hours. Second TIA often causes more damage than the first. Without proper treatment one out of ten subjec...
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Reduced impact of ischemia after an initial ischemic insult—ischemic preconditioning—has been demonstrated in a number of animal models. Transient ischemic attack (TIA) may produce ischemic preconditioning in people who have a subsequent stroke within days of an initial ischemic insult. We performed a cohort study of all 1707 patients given a diagnosis of TIA by an emergency department physicia...
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In recent years, it has become clear that the risk of stroke after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor ischemic stroke is higher than was previously supposed, with consistent reports of 7-day stroke risks of up to 10%,1–4 and other evidence of the very short time-window for prevention of stroke after a TIA.5 However, patients with TIA and minor stroke are a highly heterogeneous group in ...
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Headache and Transient Ischemic A Hacks • Headache occurring in association with episodes of transient cerebral ischemia has not been emphasized as part of the symptom complex. In an effort to ascertain the frequency and characteristics of these headaches and to determine whether there is any localizing, diagnostic, or prognostic significance to them, the records of 240 TIA patients were review...
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) are warning signs of stroke. Recently, the hypothesis was raised that TIA bears a significant risk for death and dependence and requires the same complex diagnostic workup as a complete stroke. METHODS We prospectively collected pre- and in-hospital procedures, symptoms, outcome, complications, and therapies from a representative sample...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular Surgery
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0741-5214
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.03.005