Field-testing the explicit diagnostic criteria for transient ischemic attack: a diagnostic accuracy study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Explicit diagnostic criteria for transient ischemic attack (TIA) (EDCT) have been recently proposed based on the assumption, that a migraine aura-like symptom is not typical for a TIA. However, migraine-like symptoms have been unexpectedly frequent in patients with confirmed ischemic stroke. This cross-sectional study aimed to field-test the EDCT to distinguish transient neurological symptoms caused by cerebral infarction from those caused by migraine aura.

Methods

The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of the EDCT score were calculated in samples of patients with (i) transient symptoms caused by cerebral infarction confirmed by imaging and (ii) patients with migraine with aura diagnosed according to the International Classif

SUBMITTER: Scutelnic A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11649740 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature