Management and outcomes of transient ischemic attacks in Ontario

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1099-1104

  Gladstone, David J ^a,d   Kapral, Moira K ^b,c   Fang, Jiming ^c   Laupacis, Andreas ^a,c   Tu, Jack V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CANADA; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SPEECH DISORDER; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 1842454028     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.1031349     Document Type: Article

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