Transient ischemic attack is a multidisciplinary problem
The paper discusses the issues associated with the definition of the concept «transient ischemic attack» (TIA) and with the prognosis of cerebrovascular disease after prior TIA.
Valentina Vladimirovna Gudkova +3 more
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Objective: To investigate the correlation between serum neopterin, homocysteine (Hcy) and the risk of developing ischemic stroke (IS) in patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA).
Xie Jing +4 more
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Association of Magnet Status With Hospitalization Outcomes for Ischemic Stroke Patients. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: It is not clear whether Magnet recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (nursing excellence program) is associated with improved patient outcomes.
Bekelis, Kimon +2 more
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A Review of Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium. [PDF]
Neurologic stunned myocardium (NSM) is a phenomenon where neurologic events give rise to cardiac abnormalities. Neurologic events like stroke and seizures cause sympathetic storm and autonomic dysregulation that result in myocardial injury.
Agrawal, Akanksha +5 more
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Ataque transitorio de isquemia, el heraldo del ictus Transient ischemic attack: the herald of stroke
Introducción: el ataque transitorio de isquemia constituye una parte fundamental de la enfermedad cerebrovascular, en muchas ocasiones no bien diagnosticado por su corta duración, lo difícil de ver y sus variadas manifestaciones clínicas.
Javier Sánchez López +2 more
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Risk Factors Associated with Recurrent Strokes in Young and Elderly Patients: A Hospital-based Study
Background: Recurrent stroke is often devastating, and can cause severe disability or death. Risk factors associated with recurrent strokes unrelated to atrial fibrillation have been well identified; however, it remains to be further elucidated whether ...
Guang-Rong Fu +20 more
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Paroxysmal Sneezing at the Onset of Syncopes and Transient Ischemic Attack Revealing a Papillary Cardiac Fibroelastoma [PDF]
Sneezing can at times be associated with neurological disorders. The “sneeze center” is localized in the lateral medulla. We report the case of a 50-year-old man who presented three episodes of sneezing, two of them followed by an episode of transient ...
Anna Iljicsov +6 more
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Young Stroke Survivors With No Early Recurrence at High Long‐Term Risk of Adverse Outcomes
Background Approximately 8% to 21% of strokes affect adults aged 5× that of young controls (hazard ratio, 5.2; 95% CI, 2.8–9.4), compared with a 30% increase at 5 years for older patients (hazard ratio, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.3–1.4).
Jodi D. Edwards +4 more
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Patterns, predictors, variations, and temporal trends in emergency medical service hospital prenotification for acute ischemic stroke. [PDF]
BACKGROUND#ENTITYSTARTX02014;: Emergency medical services (EMS) hospital prenotification of an incoming stroke patient is guideline recommended as a means of increasing the timeliness with which stroke patients are evaluated and treated.
Fonarow, Gregg C +10 more
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Background Blood‐based biomarkers for stroke subtyping could improve triage in emergency settings. We used cross‐platform proteomics to identify plasma biomarkers differentiating major stroke diagnostic groups.
Shubham Misra +14 more
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