Assessment and management of transient ischaemic attact - The role of the TIA clinic

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 24-27

  Fallon, C ^a   Noone, I ^a   Ryan, J ^a   O'Shea, D ^a   O'Laoide, R ^a   Crowe, Morgan ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33750194670     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03169168     Document Type: Article

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