Diagnostic and Prognostic Blood Biomarkers in Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Ischemic Stroke: An Up-To-Date Narrative Review

Transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a brief episode of focal neurological deficit, lasting less than 24 hours, and reaching its climax usually within minutes. Patients with an even tiny ischemic brain lesion on imaging are considered, on tissue-based criteria, to have a minor ischemic stroke (MIS), usually with mild and non-disabling symptoms.1 Although a consensus clinical definition for MIS is currently lacking, 5 working definitions based on information from head computed tomography (CT) scan and clinical examination have been developed by the National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke (NINDS) rt-PA stroke study Investigators.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Review Article Source Type: research