Transient Ischemic Attack. Reviewing the Evolution of the Definition, Diagnosis, Risk Stratification, and Management for the Emergency Physician

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 745-770

  Siket, Matthew S ^a   Edlow, Jonathan A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emergency medicine; Management; Risk stratification; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS CLOPIDOGREL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS DIPYRIDAMOLE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LABORATORY TEST; MIGRAINE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN TINGLING; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84866160050     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2012.05.001     Document Type: Review

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