Emergency Medicine Cases

Ep 117 TIA Update – Risk Stratification, Workup and Dual Antiplatelet Therapy

11.20.2018 - By Dr. Anton HelmanPlay

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Much has changed in recent years when it comes to TIA risk stratification, workup and antiplatelet therapy. In this podcast we use the overarching theme of timing to elucidate how to distinguish true TIA from the common TIA mimics, the importance of timing in the workup of TIA, why the duration of therapy with dual antiplatelet therapy and timing of starting anticoagulation in patient with atrial fibrillation, contributes to the difference between preventing catastrophic strokes and causing intracranial hemorrhage...

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