Comments on: Stroke Appears Biased Towards The Female Gender http://www.womenhealthline.com/stroke-appears-biased-towards-the-female-gender/ Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:56:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: vareeja http://www.womenhealthline.com/stroke-appears-biased-towards-the-female-gender/#comment-7191 vareeja Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:23:12 +0000 http://www.womenhealthline.com/?p=1229#comment-7191 A transient ischemic attack (abbreviated as TIA, often colloquially referred to as “mini stroke”) is a change in the blood supply to a particular area of the brain, resulting in brief neurologic dysfunction that persists, by definition, for less than 24 hours. If symptoms persist longer, then it is categorized as a stroke. A cerebral infarct that lasts longer than 24 hours, but less than 72 hours is termed a reversible ischemic neurologic deficit or RIND. A transient ischemic attack (abbreviated as TIA, often colloquially referred to as “mini stroke”) is a change in the blood supply to a particular area of the brain, resulting in brief neurologic dysfunction that persists, by definition, for less than 24 hours. If symptoms persist longer, then it is categorized as a stroke.

A cerebral infarct that lasts longer than 24 hours, but less than 72 hours is termed a reversible ischemic neurologic deficit or RIND.

]]> By: willy http://www.womenhealthline.com/stroke-appears-biased-towards-the-female-gender/#comment-915 willy Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:49:52 +0000 http://www.womenhealthline.com/?p=1229#comment-915 I was hoping not to have any of my family members who suffer from this disease I was hoping not to have any of my family members who suffer from this disease

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