As a result, symptoms of a ministroke tend to be short-lived, making it easy to miss them or hand-wave them away after they let up. The problem is, the underlying trigger still exists even if your ...

A TIA causes similar symptoms to those of a stroke, but it is temporary. The reduced blood supply usually only lasts for a few seconds, and the symptoms tend to last for minutes. Rarely, they can ...

About one in three people who have a mini stroke, or a transient ischemic attack, will suffer a stroke eventually.

— -- A TIA (Transient Ischemic Attacks) is an important warning sign that can happen before a major stroke occurs. The symptoms of TIA are similar to a stroke, but resolve quickly. Symptoms ...

Symptoms of transient ischemic attack (TIA) are not uniform for all individuals and depend on the area of the brain involved in the attack. The symptoms are identical to those of stroke but caused ...

Each year in the United States 200,000 500,00bstract: 500,000 people have a transient ischemic attack (TIA). These episodes of brief neurologic deficits were thought to be fairly benign, but this ...

Symptoms of a TIA and stroke are the same and include sudden onset of any of the following: • Numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body • Confusion, or ...

A transient ischemic attack, or TIA, is a warning that should not be ignored – but often is. On Wednesday, Gov. Lawton Chiles was seen by a doctor less than an hour after symptoms began. But … ...