• Title of article

    Evidence Based Medicine: My patient just had a transient ischaemic attack. Can I predict his risk for stroke? Is stroke inevitable or preventable?

  • Author/Authors

    Khan, Maria Aga Khan University Hospital - Fellow International Cerebrovascular Translational Clinical Research Training Program, Stroke Service, Pakistan , Kamal, Ayeesha Kamran Aga Khan University Hospital - Director Stroke Service and Vascular Fellowship Program, Pakistan

  • From page
    710
  • To page
    711
  • Abstract
    Transient Ischaemic attack or TIA has traditionally been defined as a discrete neurological deficit lasting for 24 hours. The new definition of a TIA is that of a brief neurological dysfunction caused by focal brain or retinal ischaemia and lasting for 1 hour without signs of infarction on brain MRI. Hence, a tissue based rather than a time based definition is being proposed.
  • Journal title
    Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (Centre) JPMA
  • Journal title
    Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (Centre) JPMA
  • Record number

    2651342