The researchers also found that the one-year stroke risk doubled when multiple acute cerebral infarctions were seen with brain imaging, large artery atherosclerosis was evident, and the patient scored a 6 or 7 on the seven-point ABCD scale that assesses stroke risk factors (age, blood pressure, clinical findings, duration of symptoms, and presence or absence of diabetes).
More than two thirds of the patients in the study had a score of 4 or higher but the researchers caution that “limiting urgent assessment to patients with a score of 4 or more would miss approximately 20% of those with early recurrent strokes.”
Pages: 1 2 | Single Page
No Responses to “Aggressive TIA Therapy May Cut Serious Stroke Risk by Half”