Search Results - "transient ischemic attack"

Introduction. Strokes remain the second leading cause of death and the third leading cause of disability. Additional serum biomarker testing should be used to better diagnose transient ischemic attack (TIA), but most neurospecific biomarkers have low prognostic specificity and sensitivity. Timely id...

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Background Inflammation is an important mechanism in ischemic stroke and high‐risk transient ischemic attack, but clinical inflammatory markers on antiplatelet therapy remain to be studied. This study was designed compare the neutrophil count (NC) on the efficacy and safety of clopidogrel–aspirin wi...

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A Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) is a state of emergency and an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke. The social significance of the disease is determined, based on the probability of occurrence of subsequent cerebrovascular incidents and their frequency among groups. The purpose of the pres...

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Introduction: One type of stroke is the Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) which lasts less than twenty-four hours; of all patients, about 10 percent develop a stroke within three months after the first symptoms, and 30 percent develop over five years. Imaging is needed for differential diagnosis of th...

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Yan Min,1 Qin Xu,1,2 Yongjun Wang,1– 3 Zixiao Li1,2,4 1Department of Neurology, Beijing TianTan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Center of Stroke, Beiji...

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Summary: Background: Atorvastatin and rosuvastatin are the most widely used statins in patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). However, evidence on their effectiveness and safety during actual use is scarce. This study aims to compare the effectiveness and safety of initia...

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The Struge-Weber syndrome is the third most common neurodermal disease after neurofibromatosis and tuberous sclerosis. This disease is not inherited, but occurs exclusively sporadically, both in men and in women, and in all races and ethnic groups. In 90% of cases, this syndrome is diagnosed in pedi...

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Aim. To study effectiveness, safety, and dynamics of cognitive function in eprosartan therapy among arterial hypertension (AH) patients after stroke (S) or transient ischemic attack (TIA), comparing to standard antihypertensive therapy. Material and methods. The study included 60 AH patients, who un...

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One of the causes of transient ischemic attack or ischemic stroke are mass formations in the left heart. One of the predisposing factors for thrombosis is the presence of the Leiden mutation, as the most common form of hereditary thrombophilia in the European population. At the same time, spontaneou...

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BackgroundCapsular warning syndrome (CWS), a rare subtype of transient ischemic attack, is associated with a high risk of progression to acute cerebral infarction. However, predictive factors for infarction and determinants of functional outcome remain inadequately defined.MethodsIn this retrospecti...

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Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) are a strong predictor not only of acute cerebral circulatory disorders, but also of other vascular events, including acute coronary syndrome and arterial thrombosis of other localization. Current clinical guidelines do not distinguish between TIA and small ischemic...

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Aim. To assess the main features of the clinical course of acute cerebrovascular accident (ACVA), its short-term and long-term outcomes and quality of pharmacotherapy based on hospital register. Material and methods. The hospital register of acute stroke (AS) was organized in one of the cardiovascul...

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Background The association between transient ischemic attack (TIA) and dementia is incompletely characterized. Determining the cognitive sequalae of TIA is important as it can function as an early warning sign or additional risk factor for dementia. We sought to determine the long‐term incidence of...

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Aim. To study the two-year survival rate of patients with various types of cerebrovascular accident according to the outpatient part of the REGION-M registry.Material and methods. The outpatient part of the REGION-M registry included 684 patients assigned to the City Polyclinic № 64, discharged from...

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Aim. To study the long-term survival of patients with cerebrovascular accident, depending on sex and age.Material and methods. The outpatient part of the REGION-M registry (patients with cerebrovascular accident, hospitalized in a Moscow hospital) included 684 patients assigned to the City Polyclini...

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Capsular warning syndrome (CWS) is a rare condition marked by recurrent, stereotypical transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) affecting the face, arm, and leg, without cortical involvement. It is associated with a high risk of a full-blown stroke within 7 days. The exact pathophysiological mechanism and...

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Aim. To assess antihypertensive efficacy of various 24-hour regimens of antihypertensive drugs prescription and the influence on 24-hour profile of blood pressure (BP) and aortic pressure, in systemic hypertension patients post transient ischemic attack.Material and methods. Totally, 174 patients we...

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Aim. Assess the two-year survival rate of patients who have undergone acute cerebral circulation disorder, depending on their commitment to visiting the district polyclinic before and after discharge from the hospital.Material and methods. The outpatient part of the REGION-M register included 684 pa...

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Aim. To assess the survival rate of patients after cerebrovascular accident (CVA), depending on the visits to the local outpatient clinic and the type of medical supervision, and in the first year after hospital discharge.Material and methods. The outpatient part of the REGION-M registry included 68...

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