Management of patients with transient ischemic attack is safe in an outpatient clinic based on rapid diagnosis and risk stratification

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 504-510

  Hörer, Sabine ^a   Schulte Altedorneburg, Gernot ^a   Haberl, Roman L ^a  

^a Munich Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Risk stratification after TIA; TIA clinic; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; PHENPROCOUMON;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STENOSIS; STROKE; TELEPHONE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TRIAGE;

EID: 80455134771     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331919     Document Type: Article

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