Tag: TIA
Incomplete imaging of transient ischaemic attack increases subsequent stroke risk
Transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) encountered with incomplete neurovascular imaging in emergency departments (EDs) have been associated with higher odds of subsequent stroke within 90...
More research needed but lithotripsy plus TCAR ‘an answer’ in certain...
Earlier this year, researchers debuted single-centre experiences indicating that intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) may be able to expand transcarotid artery revascularisation (TCAR) into patients with...
“Sonolysis is back” after safely reducing endarterectomy stroke risk in randomised...
Positive results from a clinical trial involving a novel therapeutic procedure known as sonolysis—deployed during a carotid endarterectomy (CEA)—were presented at the recent European...
AHA statement: Even transient stroke symptoms require emergency assessment
Stroke symptoms that disappear in under an hour—often referred to as a transient ischaemic attack (TIA)—need emergency assessment to help prevent a full stroke,...
COVID-19 “did not affect stroke care quality or outcomes” in largest...
In one of the first studies to investigate the overall quality of care and outcomes of stroke care for non-COVID-19 hospitalised patients during the...
Behavioural interventions and more holistic approach signal “paradigm shift” in latest...
In May 2021, the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) updated one of its flagship guidelines—the secondary prevention of stroke guideline—for the first...
Canadian TIA score identifies risk in mini-stroke patients of subsequent stroke,...
A new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), has concluded that the Canadian transient ischaemic attack (TIA) score identifies the risk of...
ISC News: AUGUSTUS secondary analysis confirms safety of blood thinning agent
Treatment with the blood thinner apixaban was associated with a lower risk of bleeding, death and hospitalisation compared with warfarin, regardless of history of...
General practitioner records indicate long term effects on patients of transient...
New findings from the University of Birmingham (Birmingham, UK) challenge the ‘transient’ nature of mini-strokes and provide insight into the long-term impact of an...
