ABCD2 Score for TIA
Estimates risk of stroke after a TIA, according to patient risk factors.
- Higher ABCD2 score predicts patients most likely to have true transient ischemic attack. Josephson SA, Sidney S, Pham TN, Bernstein AL, Johnston SC. Stroke. 2008 Nov;39(11):3096-8. Epub 2008 Aug 7.
- A simple score (ABCD) to identify individuals at high early risk of stroke after transient ischaemic attack. Rothwell PM, Giles MF, Flossmann E, Lovelock CE, Redgrave JN, Warlow CP, Mehta Z. Lancet. 2005 Jul 2-8;366(9479):29-36.
- Validation and refinement of scores to predict very early stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack. Johnston SC, Rothwell PM, Nguyen-Huynh MN, Giles MF, Elkins JS, Bernstein AL, Sidney S. Lancet. 2007 Jan 27;369(9558):283-92.
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