What Causes Disability After Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke? | Zendy

Shelagh B. Coutts | Zendy; Jayesh Modi | Zendy; Shiel K. Patel | Zendy; Heidi Aram | Zendy; Andrew M. Demchuk | Zendy; Mayank Goyal | Zendy; Michael D. Hill | Zendy

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What Causes Disability After Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke?

Author(s) -

Shelagh B. Coutts,

Jayesh Modi,

Shiel K. Patel,

Heidi Aram,

Andrew M. Demchuk,

Mayank Goyal,

Michael D. Hill

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.112.665141

Subject(s) - medicine , minor stroke , stroke (engine) , ischemic stroke , transient (computer programming) , cardiology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , emergency medicine , ischemia , computer science , operating system , mechanical engineering , stenosis , engineering

Minor stroke and transient ischemic attack portend a significant risk of disability. Three possible mechanisms for this include disability not captured by the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, symptom progression, or recurrent stroke. We sought to assess the relative impact of these mechanisms on disability in a population of patients with transient ischemic attack and minor stroke.

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