Cerebral infarction and transient ischemic attacks. Efficient evaluation is essential to beneficial intervention.
Postgrad Med
; 107(6): 55-62, 72-4, 79-80 passim, 2000 May 15.
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| ID: mdl-10865868
ABSTRACT
Rapid but precise evaluation of patients presenting with cerebral infarction is essential to determine immediate intervention. Initial assessment should include history taking, physical examination, routine laboratory testing, electrocardiography, chest radiology, and noncontrast head CT. Localizing the event to the appropriate arterial circulation (anterior versus posterior) and determining topography (subcortical versus cortical) guide sequential testing to ascertain the mechanism of cerebral infarction. Diagnostic testing focuses on selectively identifying potential cardiac, large-vessel, small-vessel, or hematologic causes. Although diagnostic tools are evolving, 15% of cerebral infarctions still have an unknown cause or multiple potential sources.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infarto Cerebral
/
Ataque Isquêmico Transitório
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article