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Prevalence, predictors, and prognosis of symptomatic intracranial stenosis in patients with transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke: a population-based cohort study

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Background Symptomatic intracranial stenosis was perceived to convey a high risk of recurrent stroke, but two previous trials (SAMMPRIS and VISSIT) did not show superiority of intracranial stenosis stenting over intensive medical management alone. These findings were partly due to a lower than expected risk of recurrent stroke without stenting, possibly reflecting the young age of recruits (median age <60 years), and raise questions about generalisability to routine clinical practice. We ther...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/s1474-4422(20)30079-x

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Division:
MSD
Department:
Clinical Neurosciences
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Author
Publisher:
Elsevier: Lancet Publisher's website
Journal:
Lancet Neurology Journal website
Volume:
19
Issue:
5
Pages:
413-421
Publication date:
2020-05-01
Acceptance date:
2020-02-27
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EISSN:
1474-4465
ISSN:
1474-4422
Pmid:
32333899
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1101681
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pubs:1101681
Deposit date:
2020-05-28

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