Transient Ischemic Attacks: Part I. Diagnosis and Evaluation - American Family Physician
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occurred within the first four days after the TIA. Notably, of the patients with TIA who returned to the emergency department with stroke (10.5 percent), approximately one half had the stroke within the first 48 hours after the initial TIA. In 2.6 percent of patients with TIA, hospitalization was required for cardiac events, including congestive heart failure, unstable angina, cardiac arrest, and ventricular arrhythmia.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004