Transient ischaemic attacks: unstable, treatable, neglected

摘要

Stroke affects 15 million people worldwide every year, an is the leading cause of acquired disability. Unfortunatel; despite ample evidence that thrombolytics improv outcome after an acute ischaemic stroke, very few patieni receive this treatment.2 In view of these dismal statistic high priority should be accorded to stroke preventior Results from several randomised trials have shown the the risk of ischaemic stroke in high-risk individuals can b significantly reduced by strategies such as blood-pressur lowering, statin therapy, antithrombotic drugs, an carotid endarterectomy.About 30-40% of patients wit ischaemic stroke have had an earlier transient ischaem attack (TIA) or minor stroke#