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The importance of EXPRESS treatment for transient ischemic attack

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine volume 5, pages 254–255 (2008)Cite this article

boxed-textRothwell PM et al. (2007) Effect of urgent treatment of transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke on early recurrent stroke (EXPRESS study): a prospective population-based sequential comparison. Lancet 370: 1432–1442

Patients with a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke often do not receive urgent medical attention, even though the risk of stroke recurrence is substantially increased in the week after the index event.

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  1. Department of Neurology and Stroke Centre, INSERM U-698 and Denis Diderot University–Paris VII, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, 46 rue Henri Huchard, Paris 75018, France pierre.amarenco@bch.aphp.fr

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  1. P Amarenco is Professor of Neurology at Denis Diderot University–Paris VII and Chairman of the Department of Neurology and Stroke Center at Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France.,

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