How to avert impending stroke.
Patients "lucky" enough to have a nondisabling transient ischemic attack as a warning sign of impending stroke deserve the best possible prophylactic treatment in an attempt to avert that catastrophe. Dr Edmeads provides a step-by-step discussion of diagnostic studies and therapeutic regimens that help avoid stroke in middle-aged and older patients who are at risk.
Edmeads
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Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors