TIA has been recently re-defined as "a transient episode of neurological dysfunction caused by ischemia without acute infarction." The gold standard to exclude the presence of ischemic lesions is acute brain MR. However, in many clinical settings, the 24/7 availability of MR is, at best, irregular. Being so, an appropriate adoption of this definition, which excludes the presence of ischemic lesions, can only be equally irregular. Our aim was to retrospectively compare the long-term outcomes of patients receiving acute care for TIA diagnosed with the new, tissue-based definition, and those diagnosed only on symptom duration.
Clinical skills or high-tech MR in TIA patients: what makes the difference?
ALTAVILLA, RICCARDO;PELLIZZARO VENTI, MICHELE;Acciarresi, Monica;Alberti, Andrea;Caso, Valeria;D'Amore, Cataldo;Agnelli, Giancarlo;Paciaroni, Maurizio
2018
Abstract
TIA has been recently re-defined as "a transient episode of neurological dysfunction caused by ischemia without acute infarction." The gold standard to exclude the presence of ischemic lesions is acute brain MR. However, in many clinical settings, the 24/7 availability of MR is, at best, irregular. Being so, an appropriate adoption of this definition, which excludes the presence of ischemic lesions, can only be equally irregular. Our aim was to retrospectively compare the long-term outcomes of patients receiving acute care for TIA diagnosed with the new, tissue-based definition, and those diagnosed only on symptom duration.File in questo prodotto:
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