title: Chinese patients with transient ischemic attacks.
abstract: In 123 cases of transient ischemic attacks, 72 were followed up for 22 years. The percentage of complete stroke was 46.5% and the fatality rate 47.9%. Causes of death, survival rate by life table, limitation of indication of neurovascular surgical operation and rehabilitation of survived patients were studied. The causes of death were mainly cerebral strokes. The long-term follow-up showed that the range for neurovascular surgical operation was limited to only 17.9%. The 95% confidence interval of the 20-year survival rate was 17.7-53.6%. Ninety-four, 48 and 44 cases were examined by B-mode Doppler tomography, cerebral CT scanning and echocardiography, respectively.
authors: Department of Neurology, Beijing Hospital.
authors: X D
authors: XD
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002423:Cause of Death; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate