Stroke Risk and TIA

Validation of the ABCD2 Score for Predicting Stroke Risk After Transient Ischemic Attack Key point: An ABCD2 score > 2 is associated with significantly increased risk for stroke within 90 days. Citation: Tsivgoulis G, Stamboulis E, Sharma VK, et al. Multicenter external validation of the ABCD2 score in triaging TIA patients. Neurology. 2010; 74(17): 1351-1357. The ABCD2 score has been endorse internationally as a simple method for identifying patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) who …

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