About The Medical Condition Cerebral Ischemia, Transient
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Cerebral Ischemia, Transient
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Cerebral Ischemia, Transient?
Brief reversible episodes of focal, nonconvulsive ischemic dysfunction of the brain having a duration of less than 24 hours, and usually less than one hour, caused by transient thrombotic or embolic blood vessel occlusion or stenosis. Events may be classified by arterial distribution, temporal pattern, or etiology (e.g., embolic vs. thrombotic). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp814-6)
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