Current management of transient ischemic attack

American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-74

  Sylaja, Padmavathy N ^a   Hill, Michael D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS DIPYRIDAMOLE; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; SIMVASTATIN; WARFARIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS; MICROEMBOLISM; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STENT; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASPIRIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROGNOSIS; STENTS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 34247869868     PISSN: 11753277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00129784-200707010-00006     Document Type: Review

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