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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2007;298(20):2358-2359.

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Rapid diagnosis of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and initiation of treatment appear to greatly reduce recurrent stroke risk in affected patients.

An estimated 10% or more of patients with a TIA will have a recurrent stroke within the following 90 days, with the greatest risk during the first 48 hours after onset of these minor strokes. Neurologists have presumed, based on experience, that rapid evaluation and treatment of a TIA improves outcomes, and research findings are now adding scientific rigor to anecdotal impressions.

Rapid diagnosis and initiation of therapy greatly reduce the risk of stroke for patients with transient ischemic attacks.

Findings from France and England published last month suggest diagnosis and the start of such interventions as antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy and medications to treat hypercholesterolemia and hypertension within 24 hours of TIA onset reduced the risk of recurrent stroke during the following 90 days by about . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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