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Low yield in the diagnostic evaluation of transient ischemic attacks
L A Rolak1, W Gilmer, W J Strittmatter
1Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Neurology
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
Among 163 patients presenting with the clinical features of a TIA, extensive testing identified only 2 patients with nonatherosclerotic causes. We conclude that most patients with a TIA have atherosclerotic vascular disease and that screening tests for other etiologies have a low yield.