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Transient Ischemic Attack With Abnormal Diffusion-Weighted Imaging ResultsWhat's in a Name?
Louis R. Caplan, MD
Arch Neurol. 2007;64(8):1080-1082.
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When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.
The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things. . . .
When I make a word do a lot of work like that, said Humpty Dumpty, I always pay it extra.—Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
For when the cause of the complaint ‘s unsure
T’would be a miracle to find a cure.—Miguel de Cervantes, Adventures of Don Quixote
In this edition of the Archives, Prabhakaran et al1 emphasize the utility of diffusion-weighted (DWI) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in prognosticating the likelihood of a recurrent incident of brain ischemia in patients entering the hospital with a transient ischemic attack (TIA). They adopt the term TIA with abnormal DWI results. In contrast to Humpty . . . [Full Text of this Article] BIRTH OF THE TERM TIA
PRESENT CONTROVERSIES
Duration of TIAs
Brain Imaging in Patients With TIAs
HOW DO THE ABNORMAL DWI FINDINGS RELATE TO THE CONTEXT OF HOW PATIENTS WITH BRAIN ISCHEMIA ARE NOW TREATED?
WE MUST EMPHASIZE MORE THE CAUSE RATHER THAN THE EFFECT OF THE ISCHEMIA
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