Letter: Visual evoked potentials and transient ischaemic attacks.

Transient ischaemic attacks.

Each day, about 25 Australians experience a transient ischaemic attack of the brain or eye. These people need to be distinguished from those who suffer "funny turns" due to other causes because, as a group, they have a significant risk of stroke and other vascular events. This risk can be substantially reduced through control of vascular risk factors, use of long term antithrombotic medication ...

Transient cerebral ischaemic attacks.

Stroke and transient ischaemic attacks.

accounts for about 5% ofNHS hospital costs. Stroke is the commonest cause of severe physical disability. About 100 000 people suffer a first stroke each year in England and Wales. It is important to emphasise that around 20-25% of all strokes affects people under 65 years of age. The annual incidence of stroke is two per 1000.' About 10% of all patients suffer a recurrent stroke within one year...

Management of transient ischaemic attacks and stroke.

The management of stroke and transient ischaemic attacks (TIAs) has changed greatly in the last two decades. The importance of good blood pressure control is the hallmark of stroke prevention. Large multicentre trials have proven beyond doubt the value of aspirin in TIAs, warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation and embolic cerebrovascular symptoms, and carotid endarterectomy in patients w...

Aspirin for strokes and transient ischaemic attacks.