Treatments for Transient Ischemic Attack

Treatment list for Transient Ischemic Attack:

The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Transient Ischemic Attack includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

• Emergency treatment - because it is impossible to distinguish between a stroke and a TIA.
• Hospitalization
• Surgery
  • Carotid artery surgery
• Stroke-prevention treatments - see also prevention of stroke
  • Medications
  • Aspirin
  • Anticoagulants - for patients with atrial fibrillation
  • Surgery
• Lifestyle changes
  • Quit smoking
  • Reduce any other risk factors
• Treatment of any underlying condition and reducing any risk factors

Treatments of Transient Ischemic Attack: Online Medical Books

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Stroke: Treatment (Tx)
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

tissue plasminogen activator, anticoagulants, antiplatelet aggregate therapy, anticonvulsants, stool softeners, analgesics, surgery

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Stroke: Treatment
(Handbook of Diseases)

Treatment options vary, depending on the type of stroke the patient experiences. Early medical diagnosis of the type of stroke coupled with new drug treatments can greatly reduce the long-term disability secondary to ischemia.

Surgery performed to improve cerebral circulation for patients with thrombotic or embolic stroke includes an endarterectomy (the removal of atherosclerotic plaque from the inner arterial wall) or a microvascular bypass (the surgical anastomosis of an extracranial vessel to an intracranial vessel).

Medications useful in treating stroke include:

❑ alteplase (recombinant tissue plasminogen activator), effective in emergency treatment of embolic stroke (See Restoring ischemic brain tissue with alteplase.) (Patients with embolic or thrombotic stroke who aren’t candidates for alteplase [3 to 6 hours poststroke] should receive aspirin or heparin.)

❑ long-term use of aspirin or ticlopidine, used as antiplatelet agents to prevent recurrent stroke

❑ anticoagulants (heparin, warfarin), which may be required to treat crescendo TIAs not responsive to antiplatelet drugs

❑ antihypertensives, antiarrhythmics, and antidiabetics, which may be used to treat risk factors associated with recurrent stroke.

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Discussion of treatments for Transient Ischemic Attack:

NINDS Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)

Because there is no way to tell whether symptoms are from a TIA or an acute stroke, patients should assume that all stroke-like symptoms signal an emergency and should not wait to see if they go away. A prompt evaluation (within 60 minutes) is necessary to identify the cause of the TIA and determine appropriate therapy. Depending on a patient’s medical history and the results of a medical examination, the doctor may recommend drug therapy or surgery to reduce the risk of stroke in people who have had a TIA. The use of antiplatelet agents, particularly aspirin, is a standard treatment for patients at risk for stroke. People with atrial fibrillation (irregular beating of the heart) may be prescribed anticoagulants. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Information Page: NINDS)

NINDS Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)

The most important treatable factors linked to TIAs and stroke are high blood pressure, cigarette smoking, heart disease, carotid artery disease, diabetes, and heavy use of alcohol. Medical help is available to reduce and eliminate these factors. Lifestyle changes such as eating a balanced diet, maintaining healthy weight, exercising, and enrolling in smoking and alcohol cessation programs can also reduce these factors. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Information Page: NINDS)

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