Researchers have identified three bedside clinical features that can help more accurately distinguish transient ischemic attacks from disorders that might mimic their symptoms.
... Cancer Institute. The study was undertaken because information on clinically verified stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA), or a "mini stroke," following Hodgkin lymphoma is limited.
In order ...
... determine a patient's heart risk after a transient ischemic attack (TIA). An evaluation of transcranial (TCD) ... stenosis by TCD predicts new cardiovascular ischemic events on medium to long-term follow ...
Ultrasound can be used to determine a patient's heart risk after a transient ischemic attack. An evaluation of transcranial and extracranial Doppler ultrasonography has shown that both future stroke ...
... MACE), which they defined as not only CHD events but also stroke, mini-stroke (transient ischemic attacks) and arterial disease in the legs. They found that patients who had ED at the beginning of the ...
... study, researchers identified ischemic strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIA), sometimes called ... capture all strokes in Nueces County, Texas. Ischemic stroke and TIA cases between 2001 and 2005 ...
... factors drawn from baseline questionnaires.
CVD outcomes included MI, stroke and transient ischemic attack, reported and then confirmed by the treating rheumatologist. CVD risk factors included a ...
... or ischemic stroke — 43 percent, transient ischemic attack or TIA — 28 percent, bleeding (hemorrhagic stroke) — 9 percent, and unspecified type of stroke — 20 ...
... "Even though the majority of strokes and heart attacks occur in people who are 65 and older, studies have ... 18 and older who had a recent stroke or transient ischemic attack, or mini-stroke. The 2,249 ...
... in the carotid artery, which supplies blood to the brain, which has not yet resulted in a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). In the United States, one-half to two-thirds of the patients being ...
... years), showed a low incidence of neurologic complications, with only one transient ischemic attack (0.97 percent), two minor strokes (1.94 percent) and one major stroke (0.97 ...
... cardiac monitoring, for hospitalized and discharged patients who have suffered stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), and for the prescription of warfarin, rather than Plavix™ or aspirin, for ...
For mini-strokes, or transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), both overdiagnosis and underdiagnosis can be perilous. Overdiagnosis neglects the real underlying illness. Underdiagnosis leaves a patient at ...
... called a patent foramen ovale (PFO) in order to prevent recurrent strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) in adults. Rush is the only academic medical center in the Chicago area involved in the ...
... of depressive symptoms with subsequent cardiovascular events (heart failure, heart attack, stroke, transient ischemic attack [a temporary cessation or reduction of blood supply to part of the brain], ...
