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Rapid assessment and intervention at specialist outpatient clinics—time for a new standard in TIA care?

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boxed-textRothwell PM et al. (2007) Effect of urgent treatment of transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke on early recurrent stroke (EXPRESS study): a prospective population-based sequential comparison. Lancet 370: 1432–1442

TIA clinics that provide rapid evaluation and therapy seem to significantly reduce stroke risk; therefore, health care systems should reassess their approach to TIA evaluation and management

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  1. GW Albers is the Director of the Stanford Stroke Center and the Coyote Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA, USA.,

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