Outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries hospitalised with transient ischaemic attack and stratification using the ABCD2 score.

Shreyansh ShahLi LiangDurgesh BhandarySaga JohanssonEric E SmithDeepak L BhattGregg C FonarowNaeem D KhanEric PetersonJanet Prvu Bettger

Published in: Stroke and vascular neurology (2020)

This study validates the use of ABCD2 score for long-term risk assessment after TIA in patients aged 65 years and older. Attentive efforts for community-based follow-up care after TIA are needed for ongoing prevention in Medicare beneficiaries who were hospitalised for TIA.

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risk assessment
end stage renal disease
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