The ASPIRE approach for TIA risk stratification

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-81

  Coutts, S B ^a   Sylaja, P N ^d   Choi, Y B ^f   Al Khathami, A ^g   Sivakumar, C ^b   Jeerakathil, T J ^c   Sarma, P S ^e   Hill, M D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Stroke Unit   (India)

^e SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^f SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANKIN SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WEAKNESS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AREA UNDER CURVE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952278720     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100120797     Document Type: Article

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