Review

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine (2007) 4, 310-318
doi:10.1038/ncpcardio0889  
Received 28 August 2006 | Accepted 12 January 2007

Evaluation and management of transient ischemic attack: an important component of stroke prevention

Mai N Nguyen-Huynh and S Claiborne Johnston*

Correspondence *Department of Neurology, UCSF, 505 Parnassus Street, Box 0114, San Francisco, CA 94143–0114, USA

Email
 clay.johnston@ucsfmedctr.org

The causes of transient ischemic attack (TIA) are identical to those for stroke; however, there are many unresolved issues regarding acute treatment for TIA. Here Mai Nguyen-Huynh and S Claiborne Johnston review the recent literature on stroke risk after TIA and the guidelines on evaluation and treatment.

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