June 27, 2011 — The ABCD2 (Age, Blood pressure, Clinical features, Duration of symptoms and Diabetes) score is an inaccurate predictor of imminent stroke in ...

Data for age, first recorded blood pressure, clinical presentation, diabetes, and dual events were available for all 230 cases. Five cases were excluded from analyses of the event duration and ...

ABCD2 score to identify people at risk of stroke has limited clinical application, experts say Date: June 6, 2011 Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal ...

Stroke is a common, devastating illness in both developed and developing countries, so stroke prevention is a societal imperative. Nearly one in four patients with ischemic stroke has had a ...

The ABCD2 score used to identify people at risk of stroke after suffering a transient ischemic attack — a "mini" or "warning" stroke — is not sensitive enough to ...

The Canadian TIA Score described by Perry and colleagues seems to be a strong tool to be used to stratify stroke risk after a first one. The researchers compared their tool’s scores to those of ...

Previous studies conducted between 1997 and 2003 estimated that the risk of stroke or an acute coronary syndrome was 12 to 20% during the first 3 months after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or m ...

June 2 -- MONDAY, June 1 (HealthDay News) -- About half the people who have a major stroke soon after a less serious brain event, such as a transient ischemic attack or "mini-stroke," do so within ...

A tool used by GPs to identify patients who have had a transient ischemic attack who are at risk of further strokes is not sensitive enough to distinguish between high and low risk patients, according ...