Factors Associated With Risk of Recurrent Transient Global Amnesia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Transient global amnesia (TGA) is usually considered a benign event with a low recurrence rate. However, recurrence rates vary considerably among studies and there are no known risk factors for TGA.

Objective

To examine risk factors for the recurrence of TGA.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective cohort study involved medical record review of patients with isolated or recurrent TGA presenting to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, between August 1, 1992, and February 28, 2018. A total of 1491 cases were reviewed and 1044 met diagnostic inclusion criteria for TGA, with the remainder excluded owing to indeterminate or alternate diagnoses or limited information available in the medical record.

Exposures

Single vs recurrent episodes o

SUBMITTER: Morris KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7489420 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature