Transient ischaemic attacks: which patients are at high (and low) risk of serious vascular events?
Population
469 TIA patients referred to a University hospital, without prior stroke
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 4.1 years (range 1-10 years)
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
These factors may aid TIA risk stratification; leaves open whether targeted interventions reduce events.
Structured PICO
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Population
469 TIA patients referred to a University hospital, without prior stroke
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Outcome
1) stroke 2) coronary event and 3) stroke, myocardial infarction or vascular death (whichever occurred first)hard clinical
Specific clinical factors such as age, prior TIA frequency, peripheral vascular disease, and left ventricular hypertrophy can predict the risk of subsequent stroke, coronary events, or vascular death in patients presenting with TIA.
Limitations
- Predictive power needs to be validated in other, independent samples of TIA patients
Cite This Study
Hankey et al. (1992) studied this question.