A suspected transient ischemic attack should be evaluated urgently in a clinical setting where appropriate specialist expertise and imaging (ideally diffusion-weighted imaging) are available.

A TIA, or transient ischemic attack, is a temporary blockage of blood flow to a part of the brain. By definition, a TIA lasts ...

A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is similar to a stroke. Your blood delivers oxygen to every part of your body, and your cells need it to survive. If your blood flow gets blocked, ...

It may be that patients have better control of cerebrovascular risk factors after the event, protecting against future ...

China: A new study published in Nature and Science of Sleep has found that patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack ...

Introduction. Current estimates are that between 200,000 and 500,000 people have transient ischemic attacks (TIA) each year in the United States (Johnston, 2002).

A transient ischemic attack (spelled ischaemic in British English) (abbreviated as TIA, often referred to as mini stroke) is a transient episode of neurologic dysfunction caused by ischemia (loss ...

Transient ischemic attacks are episodes of stroke symptoms that last very briefly. They last for less than 24 hours, though most of them last less than one hour.

Symptoms of Transient Ischemic Attacks. By ABC News. February 25, 2002, 10:55 AM — -- A TIA (Transient Ischemic Attacks) is an important warning sign that can happen before a major stroke occurs.

On a recent afternoon in Bastrop, Texas, Janet Splawn was walking her dog, Petunia, a Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix. She said something to her grandson, who lives with her and had accompanied her on the… ...

The risk of stroke after transient ischemic attack was also high in the North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial. 16 For those with a nonretinal transient ischemic attack ...