Transient Ischemic Attack: Clinical Features and Outcome
| Autor: | Desislava Drenska, Dimitar Maslarov |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Public health Pharmacy Outcome (game theory) Clinical pharmacy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Transient (computer programming) cardiovascular diseases 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research. 10:25-28 |
| ISSN: | 1313-9053 |
| Popis: | Summary A Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is a state of emergency and an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke. The social significance of the disease is determined, based on the probability of occurrence of subsequent cerebrovascular incidents and their frequency among groups. The purpose of the present study was to perform a comparative analysis of clinical features and outcome in patients with TIA for at least 24 months after onset had been registered, according to the pathogenesis and to ABCD (2) score. Two hundred and fifty-seven patients were monitored at the Neurology Clinic, First MHAT – Sofia after suffering an initial TIA. All subjects were studied using a clinical evaluation of pathogenetic mechanisms and an ABCD (2) algorithm. A diagnosis of TIA was confirmed by neuroimaging. The comparison between specific pathogenetic mechanisms demonstrated a statistically significant difference. Two TIA subgroups were involved – thromboembolic and cryptogenic (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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