title: TIA clinic: a major advance in management of transient ischemic attacks.
abstract: Patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) are at very high risk of imminent stroke. This risk could be decreased by 80% if patients are immediately investigated and treated by stroke specialists. However, because TIA workup includes not only specialist advices but also a wide range of investigations such as brain, arterial and cardiac imaging, management of these patients in emergency required well-organized dedicated health care system, such as TIA clinics. Management of TIA patients in outpatient clinics has been shown to be safe and cost-effective avoiding full hospitalization in most of the cases.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U-698, Department of Neurology and Stroke Center, AP-HP, Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Philippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lavallée
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Amarenco
mesh_terms: D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*