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SMOKING, TRANSIENT ISCHAEMIC ATTACKS AND STROKE: A TEMPORAL ASSOCIATION
Author(s) -
Grainger Keith,
Mastaglia Frank
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130188.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , cerebral blood flow , association (psychology) , stroke (engine) , ischemia , transient (computer programming) , ischaemic stroke , cerebrovascular circulation , psychology , computer science , mechanical engineering , engineering , psychotherapist , operating system
Two patients are described, both of whom demonstrate a temporal association between the clinical manifestations of cerebral ischaemia and smoking. A number of mechanisms through which smoking may influence cerebral blood flow and platelet function are discussed, and their relevance to the present cases is considered.