Effect of urgent treatment of transient ischaemic attack and minor stroke on early recurrent stroke (EXPRESS study): a prospective population-based sequential comparison.

BACKGROUND: The risk of recurrent stroke is up to 10% in the week after a transient ischaemic attack (TIA) or minor stroke. Modelling studies suggest that urgent use of existing preventive treatments could reduce the risk by 80-90%, but in the absence of evidence many health-care systems make little...

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Main Authors: Rothwell, P, Giles, M, Chandratheva, A, Marquardt, L, Geraghty, O, Redgrave, J, Lovelock, C, Binney, L, Bull, L, Cuthbertson, F, Welch, S, Bosch, S, Alexander, F, Carasco-Alexander, F, Silver, L, Gutnikov, SA, Mehta, Z
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007