Clinical Predictors of Acute Ischemia in Patients with Low-Risk Neurological Deficits.
Martha MarkoFrancois MoreauJean-Martin BoulangerMarie-Christine CamdenBruce C V CampbellThalia Shoshana FieldMartin KrauseRobert MikulikAndrew M PennRichard H SwartzMichael D HillShelagh B CouttsPublished in: The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques (2024)
Detailed clinical information is helpful in assessing the risk of ischemia in patients with low-risk neurological events, but a predictive model had only moderate discriminative ability. Patients with clinically suspected low-risk TIA or minor stroke require MRI to confirm the diagnosis of cerebral ischemia.