title: Transient ischaemic attacks. A neurological challenge.
abstract: The problem of cerebral transient ischaemic attacks (TIA) is probably the greatest clinical challenge in the management of cerebrovascular disease. Decisions in this area are as difficult to make as any within the entire field of clinical neurology. The burden of the clinical management of this condition is heavy because the patients tend to be anxious, the risk of angiographic investigation is significant, and the risks associated with either anticoagulant therapy or arterial surgery are not inconsiderable. Above all, many of the issues are controversial where the 'law of diminishing returns' for increasing effort so very much applies.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants