TY - JOUR
T1 - Cerebral infarction and transient ischemic attacks. Efficient evaluation is essential to beneficial intervention
AU - Flemming, Kelly D.
AU - Brown, Robert D.
PY - 2000/5/15
Y1 - 2000/5/15
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.3810/pgm.2000.5.15.1089
DO - 10.3810/pgm.2000.5.15.1089
M3 - Article
C2 - 10865868
AN - SCOPUS:0343526389
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 107
SP - 55-60+62+72-74+79-83
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 6
ER -