Sentences with phrase «minor ischemic strokes»

The trial involved 5,170 people who were hospitalized after suffering minor ischemic strokes or stroke - like events known as transient ischemic attacks, or TIAs, in which blood flow to the brain is briefly blocked.

The Chinese trial, called CHANCE (Clopidogrel in High - risk Patients with Acute Non-disabling Cerebrovascular Events), is nearly identical to a National Institutes of Health - sponsored trial that is already enrolling patients in the United States, including at UCSF, called POINT (Platelet - Oriented Inhibition in New TIA and Minor Ischemic Stroke).

Not exact matches

Researchers at the University of Oxford looked at high blood pressure and blood pressure variability in four groups of 2,000 people, each of who had minor strokes called transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), or «mini-strokes.»

On the other hand, 21 percent of those who suffered a stroke or transient ischemic attack, considered a minor stroke, had at least one parent with a stroke, and 8 percent had a brother or sister with a stroke.