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. Anderson +11 more
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Diagnosing and Treating Sleep Apnea in Patients With Acute Cerebrovascular Disease
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018 Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common among patients with acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack. We evaluated whether continuous positive airway pressure for OSA among patients with recent ischemic stroke or transient ischemic ...
Dawn M. Bravata +19 more
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Transient Ischemic Attack: Clinical Features and Outcome [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research, 2017 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 ...
Desislava Drenska, Dimitar Maslarov
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Efficacy of antiplatelet therapy in secondary prevention following lacunar stroke:Pooled analysis of randomized trials [PDF]
, 2015 Background and Purpose: Lacunar stroke accounts for ≈25% of ischemic stroke, but optimal antiplatelet regimen to prevent stroke recurrence remains unclear.
Benavente, Oscar R. +5 more
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Role of antiplatelet therapy in cardiovascular disease II: Ischemic stroke. [PDF]
, 2004 The etiology of cerebrovascular disease is heterogeneous, with the majority of strokes being of ischemic origin. Transient ischemic attack is now considered to be an important precursor and long-term risk factor for ischemic stroke.
Cavendish, Jeffrey J +2 more
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Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke during Sleep in Apneic Patients. [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The literature indicates that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increases the risk of ischemic stroke. However, the causal relationship between OSA and ischemic stroke is not well established.
Im, Kyoung Bin +5 more
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Assessment of the ABCD2 Score in the Evaluation of Transient Ischemic Attack
مجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2013 Background: Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a frequent diagnosis in the emergency department. Currently, we have not the accurate approach for follow-up in these patients as outpatients or hospitalized.
Mojtaba Chahardoli +3 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Background: Secondary stroke prevention after a high-risk, non-disabling ischemic cerebrovascular event needs to be enhanced. The study was conducted to investigate whether remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) is effective in preventing recurrent ischemic ...
Shimeng Liu +34 more
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Letter by Scheitz et al regarding article, "Randomized controlled trial of early versus delayed statin therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke: ASSORT trial (administration of statin on acute ischemic stroke patient)" [PDF]
, 2018 No abstract ...
Endres, Matthias +2 more
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Predicting Short-term Risk of Stroke After TIA
South African Family Practice, 2006 No abstract available.
M.H. Ebell
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