A transient ischaemic attack clinic with round-the-clock access (SOS-TIA): feasibility and effects

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 953-960

  Lavallée, Philippa C ^a   Meseguer, Elena ^a   Abboud, Halim ^a   Cabrejo, Lucie ^a   Olivot, Jean Marc ^a   Simon, Olivier ^a   Mazighi, Mikael ^a   Nifle, Chantal ^a   Niclot, Philippe ^a   Lapergue, Bertrand ^a   Klein, Isabelle F ^a   Brochet, Eric ^a   Steg, Philippe Gabriel ^a   Lesèche, Guy ^a   Labreuche, Julien ^a   Touboul, Pierre Jean ^a   Amarenco, Pierre ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE DURATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ISCHEMIA; REVASCULARIZATION; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 35248901247     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(07)70248-X     Document Type: Article

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