Transient ischaemic attacks: Time to wake up

Heart

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 893-894

  Rothwell, Peter M ^a  

^a RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; SIMVASTATIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANTICOAGULATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORONARY STENT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDARTERECTOMY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MONOTHERAPY; NEUROPROTECTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIALS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34547146525     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.121111     Document Type: Editorial

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