Introduction: Many patients may not recognize the initial symptoms of TIA or stroke and delay seeking urgent medical care, leading to missed treatments and worse outcomes. Diagnostic decision support ...

This article provides a historical perspective on the evolution of the definition of TIA and reviews the associated pathophysiology and symptoms. The laboratory and diagnostic tests a neuroscience ...

TIA stands for transient ischemic attack. People who develop a TIA may experience symptoms over a short period of time due to a brief interruption of blood flow to the brain. Some people may call TIAs ...

TIA stands for transient ischemic attack. People who develop a TIA may experience symptoms over a short period of time due to a brief interruption of blood flow to the brain. Some people may call ...

If indicated, the patient will be scheduled for an MRI within 24 hours and/or an echocardiogram within 48 hours of the TIA clinic visit. Stroke nurses are available to reinforce lifestyle counseling ...

Eight years ago, at the age of 53, Jeff Miller woke up, got out of bed and fell to the floor. Although he was having trouble seeing, he managed to get down the stairs to the first floor of his ...

Nurses need to be hypervigilant when administering oral medications to patients who have experienced a TIA that may have included some of these same symptoms. The FDA recommends that patients take ...

An average of 1.9 million nerve cells die every minute when a stroke occurs, and it's possible to catch it before it happens ...

Risk for incident stroke and transient ischemic attack, as well as major bleeding, is affected by severity of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction. An independent association exists between left ...

A blood test may rapidly distinguish brain bleeds from clot-caused strokes, even before people with stroke symptoms reach the ...

A mini-stroke, or transient ischemic attack (TIA), is a serious warning sign that should never be ignored. It happens when ...