Brain CT Findings Enhance Prediction of Stroke After TIA

CT findings honed the predictive ability of the ABCD score in an Italian cohort.

Transient ischemic attack confers a high short-term risk for ischemic stroke. The difficulty of identifying those patients with TIA who are at highest risk for early stroke has led to inconsistency in the management of patients with TIA. The recently developed 6-point ABCD score (Age ≥60 years = 1 point; Blood pressure ≥140/90 mm Hg = 1 point; Clinical features: unilateral weakness = 2 points and speech impairment without weakness = 1 point; and Duration of ≥60 minutes = 2 points or 10 to 59 minutes = 1 point) was shown to effectively stratify early stroke risk after TIA (see Journal Watch Neurology Feb 6 2007). However, more data are needed to ascertain this tool’s generalizability. These researchers prospectively followed a cohort of 274 …

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Samir H. Shah, MD

Bruce Ovbiagele, MD

Brain CT Findings Enhance Prediction of Stroke After TIA

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