title: How to avert impending stroke.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Sunnybrook Medical Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Edmeads
mesh_terms: 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