Prediction of Early Stroke Risk in Transient Symptoms With Infarction Relevance to the New Tissue-Based Definition

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Arsava E. M., Furie K. L., Schwamm L. H., Sorensen A. G., Ay H.

STROKE, vol.42, no.8, pp.2186-2190, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 42 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1161/strokeaha.110.604280
  • Journal Name: STROKE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2186-2190
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background and Purpose-The risk of stroke shortly after transient ischemic attack with infarction on diffusion-weighted images, also known as transient symptoms with infarction (TSI), is substantially higher than is the risk after imaging-normal transient ischemic attack. We sought to assess the utility of a Web-based recurrence risk estimator (RRE; http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/RRE/) originally developed for use in patients with ischemic stroke for predicting 7-day risk of stroke in patients with TSI.