Journal article
Five-year risk of stroke after TIA or minor ischemic stroke
P Amarenco, PC Lavallée, L Monteiro Tavares, J Labreuche, GW Albers, H Abboud, S Anticoli, H Audebert, NM Bornstein, LR Caplan, M Correia, GA Donnan, JM Ferro, F Gongora-Rivera, W Heide, MG Hennerici, PJ Kelly, M Kral, HF Lin, C Molina Show all
New England Journal of Medicine | MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC | Published : 2018
Abstract
BACKGROUND After a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke, the long-term risk of stroke and other vascular events is not well known. In this follow-up to a report on 1-year outcomes from a registry of TIA clinics in 21 countries that enrolled 4789 patients with a TIA or minor ischemic stroke from 2009 through 2011, we examined the 5-year risk of stroke and vascular events. METHODS We evaluated patients who had had a TIA or minor stroke within 7 days before enrollment in the registry. Among 61 sites that participated in the 1-year outcome study, we selected 42 sites that had follow-up data on more than 50% of their enrolled patients at 5 years. The primary outcome was a composite of ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Supported by unrestricted grants from AstraZeneca, Sanofi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb.