Hollywood has shaped how many people imagine a heart attack—someone clutching their chest and collapsing dramatically. But ...

Strokes, medically termed Cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs), are caused either because of a disruption in the blood flow to the brain or due to a rupture in the blood vessels. Disrupted blood flow can ...

Population based study of early risk of stroke after transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke: implications for public education and organisation of services.

Have you ever experienced a sudden, severe headache? What about a moment when words just wouldn’t come out right, even though ...

While national guidelines recommend screening for these problems, actual screening rates might be limited. Objective This study aimed to examine the clinical practice at neurology departments ...

Learn about the critical warning signs of stroke that you should never ignore. Recognizing these symptoms can save lives and ensure timely medical intervention.

As a result, symptoms of a ministroke tend to be short-lived, making it easy to miss them or hand-wave them away after they let up. The problem is, the underlying trigger still exists even if your ...

Methods: We reviewed consecutive patients admitted to our institution following a TIA between August 1, 2006 and March 31, 2011. TIA was defined as transient focal neurological symptoms that could be ...

All patients were followed up prospectively to evaluate the relation between presence and persistence of embolic signals and the risk of recurrent transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and stroke within ...

Transient ischemic attack (TIA) and minor stroke are risk factors for subsequent stroke and functional disability; however, there is currently no means of identifying patients who are at risk.

Figure. Observed survival free of incident myocardial infarction after incident transient ischemic attack (solid line) and expected survival free of myocardial infarction in the general population of ...