Prompt, intensive blood pressure lowering within days of a TIA or minor stroke cuts recurrent stroke rates, results of a ...
Many people who experience a transient ischemic attack will go on to have a stroke within 90 days. Here are the red flags.
A TIA, or transient ischemic attack, is a temporary blockage of blood flow to a part of the brain. By definition, a TIA lasts ...
Results from the international VESALIUS-CV (TIMI 66) clinical trial found that among adults with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) or diabetes and no history of a prior heart attack or ...
A hidden atrial dysfunction may raise stroke risk in people with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); however, a non-invasive assessment tool may help identify those at increased risk, ...
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Warning: TIA can lead to a stroke

Last Friday, Oct. 10, I was having dinner with some of my son’s friends and their parents when in the middle of our meal, I ...
In a randomized trial, adding an antiplatelet to anticoagulant therapy in patients with ischemic stroke, nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, and atherosclerosis provided no significant benefit. There was ...