What is the prognosis following a TIA? - Dr Arvind Chandratheva

The reason we're so keen to see patients quickly, by the right people and started on the right medications and control of their vascular risk factors, is that the risk of recurrent stroke at seven days is 10% - that's one in ten patients. Up to 30 days it's probably anywhere between 12 and 15 percent. Certain clinical factors and certain features of TIA (i.e whether you've had motor weakness, how long it lasts) will determine how high that risk is. Certain tests will also tell us a bit more about the risk, particularly if there is a narrowing of the carotid artery or an irregular heartbeat. If there was evidence of stroke on the scan, this may predict a slightly increased risk and your stroke physician or neurologist should talk to you a little bit more about that.
Standardly speaking seven-day risk is 10% but the more important thing for you
to note is that the right treatment can reduce that risk, as discussed in other videos on this playlist, by up to 80%.
Dr Arvind Chandratheva is a consultant neurologist and clinical lead for the TIA service and hyper acute stroke unit at the UCLH National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square.
He offers private consultations and specialist private outpatient services at the Queen Square Private Consulting Rooms. For more information or to contact him to make an appointment, please refer to the details in his online profile at qsprivatehealthcare.com/consu...

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