Etiologic classification of TIA and minor stroke by A-S-C-O and causative classification system as compared to toast reduces the proportion of patients categorized as cause undetermined

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-126

  Desai, Jamsheed A ^a   Abuzinadah, Ahmad R ^a,b   Imoukhuede, Oje ^a   Bernbaum, Manya L ^a   Modi, Jayesh ^a   Demchuk, Andrew M ^a   Coutts, Shelagh B ^a,c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ASCO; Causative classification system; Etiologies; Minor stroke; TOAST; Transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ASCO CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAUSATIVE CLASSIFICATION OF STROKE SYSTEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TOAST CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 84908573049     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000365500     Document Type: Article

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