Rapid assessment and intervention at specialist outpatient clinics—time for a new standard in TIA care?
Gregory W Albers
Correspondence 701 Welch Road, Suite 325, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Email albers@stanford.edu
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About one-quarter of all strokes are preceded by TIAs.1 Recent studies have demonstrated that high-risk and low-risk TIA patients can be differentiated on the basis of clinical and imaging criteria.2, 3 Stroke risk following TIA is highest during the first week after the index event and up to half of the strokes occur in the first few days.1, 2 There are currently few resources to evaluate TIAs urgently, and patients who do seek rapid treatment often encounter long delays for outpatient evaluation or are admitted to a hospital, which involves substantial time and expense.
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