Online ISSN: 2515-8260

A PROSPECTIVE CLINICAL STUDY OF TRANSIENT ISCHEMICATTACKSANDMINORISCHEMICSTROKESMANAGEDONEMERGENCYBASIS

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Vidya Saran Reddy T1 .

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Background: Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability. About 15-20% of patients withstrokehaveaprecedingTransientIschemicAttack(TIA) orMinorIschemicStroke(MIS)suggesting that these warning events provide us a golden opportunity for strokeprevention. The objectives of the study were to diagnose TIA/MIS accurately and rapidly excluding stroke mimic, risk stratification according to ABCD2 score, to start the best possible treatment immediately to prevent stroke and other vascular events within one year Methods: The study included 43 patients with TIA/MIS, adequate data was collected, risk stratification done according to ABCD2 score and each patient was subjected to complete blood count, prothrombin time andpartial thromboplastin time, serum electrolytes, blood urea, serum creatinine, fastingblood glucose, HbA1c, lipid profile; neuroimaging with CT brain, MRI brain (T1W, T2Wand FLAIR), MR Angiography of brain; neck doppler study electrocardiogram,echocardiogram.

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