transient ischemic attack
- transient ischemic attack
transient ischemic attack n a brief episode of cerebral ischemia that is usu. characterized by temporary blurring of vision, slurring of speech, numbness, paralysis, or syncope and that is often predictive of a serious stroke
abbr. TIA called also mini-stroke
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(TIA) a brief attack (from a few minutes to an hour) of cerebral dysfunction of vascular origin, with no persistent neurological deficit; TIAs are most commonly associated with occlusive vascular disease, especially in the distribution of the carotid and vertebral-basilar systems.
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