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Associations of inflammatory and hemostatic variables with the risk of recurrent stroke [PDF]

, 2005
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Several prospective studies have shown significant associations between plasma fibrinogen, viscosity, C-reactive protein (CRP), fibrin D-dimer, or tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) antigen and the risk
Lowe, G.D.O., Woodward, M, A. Rumley, Neal, BC, B. C. Neal, Patel, A., M. Woodward, G. D.O. Lowe, Rumley, A., Kemp, B.E., Colman, S, Chalmers, J, Jenkins, AJ, MacMahon, Stephen, A. J. Jenkins, Jenkins, A.J., Kemp, BE, S. W. MacMahon, Woodward, M., Chalmers, J., Lowe, GD, D. J. Campbell, MacMahon, SW, Neal, B.C., Campbell, DJ, A. Patel, MacMahon, S.W., Patel, A, S. Colman, Campbell, D.J., B. E. Kemp, J. Chalmers, Rumley, A, Colman, S.   +33 more
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LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME IN NORMAL VOLUNTEERS AND PATIENTS WITH CEREBRAL TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 1999
Detection and modification of the risk factors of stroke may be the most effective strategy for preventing its often irreversible consequences. A longitudinal prospective study was implemented to evaluate the effect of several risk factors on the course ...
J.Lotfi
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B vitamins in patients with recent transient ischaemic attack or stroke in the VITAmins TO Prevent Stroke (VITATOPS) trial:a randomised, double-blind, parallel, placebo-controlled trial [PDF]

, 2010
Epidemiological studies suggest that raised plasma concentrations of total homocysteine might be a risk factor for major vascular events. Whether lowering total homocysteine with B vitamins prevents major vascular events in patients with previous stroke ...
Hankey, G.J., Jamrozik, K., Klijn, C.J., van Bockxmeer, F. M., Hill, M., Gelavis, A., Ferro, J., Lisheng, L., Wong, L., Uddin, W., Eikelboom, J. W., Tan, K., Divjak, I., Baker, R.I., de Freitas, G., Wong, M. C., Eikelboom, J.W., Navarro, J., Slivka, A., Tsiskaridze, A., Lees, K. R., Algra, A., Yi, Q., Ricci, S., Chen, C., Dennis, Martin, Hankey, G. J., Baker, R. I., ?, ?, Groppa, S., Hickling, S. C., Cheung, R., Gommans, J., Spence, J. D., Schmidt, R., Ranawaka, U., Vasikaran, S., et al.   +37 more
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Neurology Update

South African Family Practice, 1983
No abstract available.
Vivian Fritz
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Prior events predict cerebrovascular and coronary outcomes in the PROGRESS trial [PDF]

, 2006
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> The relationship between baseline and recurrent vascular events may be important in the targeting of secondary prevention strategies. We examined the relationship between initial event and various types
C. Tzourio, H. Arima, MacMahon, S., M. Woodward, Tzourio, C., Lees, K.R., Bousser, M.G., T. Omae, Woodward, M., Omae, T., J. L. Reid, K. Butcher, Chalmers, J., PINTO, STEFANIA, Anderson, C., Reid, J.L., Arima, H., PROGRESS Collaborative Group, M.-G. Bousser, Butcher, K., K. R. Lees, null null, J. Chalmers, C. Anderson, S. MacMahon   +24 more
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Poststroke neurological improvement within 7 days is associated with subsequent deterioration [PDF]

, 2004
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Improvement in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) 24 hours after stroke has been associated with subsequent neurological deterioration.
ASLANYAN S, Lees, K.R., Aslanyan, S., Weir, C.J., JOHNSTON S. C, WEIR C. J, FOR, THE GAIN INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE AND INVESTIGATORS, CAROLEI, ANTONIO, LEES K. R, Johnston, S.C.   +10 more
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Prescription smoking-cessation medication pharmacy claims after stroke and transient ischemic attack

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Smoking cessation is critical in secondary prevention after stroke and transient ischemic attack. Data regarding use of smoking-cessation interventions after stroke and transient ischemic attack are sparse.
Neal S. Parikh, Yongkang Zhang, Daniel Restifo, Erika Abramson, Matthew J. Carpenter, Babak B. Navi, Hooman Kamel   +6 more
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Steal Phenomenon with Tonsillar Arteriovenous Malformation

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2019
Cranial vascular malformations can cause symptoms of headache, stroke, transient ischemic attack, or other cerebrovascular disorders due to steal phenomenon.
Manish Amin, Krishan Chaddha, Phillip Aguìñiga-Navarrete, Sudha Challa, Madison B. Garrett   +4 more
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Copeptin and risk stratification in patients with ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack: The CoRisk Study

, 2012
RATIONALE: Copeptin independently predicts functional outcome and mortality at 90 days and one-year after ischemic stroke. In patients with transient ischemic attack, elevated copeptin values indicate an increased risk of further cerebrovascular events ...
Brekenfeld, Caspar, Arnold, Marcel, Weck, Anja, Buhl, Daniela, Katan, Mira, Müller, Beat, De Marchis, Gian Marco, Mattle, Heinrich P, Christ-Crain, Mirjam   +8 more
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Transient ischemic attack versus transient ischemic attack mimics : frequency, clinical characteristics and outcome [PDF]

, 2011
There is insufficient evidence regarding which clinical features are best suited to distinguish between transient ischemic attack (TIA) and disorders mimicking TIA (TIA mimics)
Mira Katan, Leo H. Bonati, Burow, Annika, Stefan T. Engelter, Philippe A. Lyrer, Fluri, Felix, Annika Burow, Florian Weisskopf, Margareth Amort, Weisskopf, Florian, Lyrer, Philippe A., Schäfer, Juliane, Felix Fluri, Bucher, Heiner C., Heiner C. Bucher, Amort, Margareth, Juliane Schäfer, Katan, Mira, Bonati, Leo H., Engelter, Stefan T.   +19 more
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