Study finds high risk of recurrence in Indian patients with transient ischemic attack and minor ischemic stroke

A recent study in India tracked the short-term risk of additional events in patients who experienced transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and minor ischemic strokes (MISs). TIAs and MISs, cerebrovascular events that are not acute, are associated with a risk of recurrence or deterioration.

“This is the first Indian data on risk of stroke after a TIA. This has a great practical implication in the secondary prevention of stroke.”
-P.N. Sylaja, MD, study author and additional professor of neurology in the Department of Neurology at the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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