We thank Dholakia and colleagues for their interest in our paper. We agree there are other
potential ways of providing a fast-track transient ischaemic attack (TIA) service. The small …

We thank Dholakia and colleagues for their interest in our paper. We agree there are other
potential ways of providing a fast-track transient ischaemic attack (TIA) service. The small …

There is no doubt that progress has been made in the care of patients with transient
ischaemic attack (TIA) over recent years. Virtually all hospitals now offer rapid access …

To the Editor—I read with interest the article by Ng et al1 in the April 2004 issue of the Hong
Kong Medical Journal. Its objective was to issue guidelines for the care of acute stroke …

To the Editor—We have read with interest the article by Ambrosioni et al [1] reporting their
successful experience through the performance of mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in the …

We thank Drs. Phan and Srikanth for the comments on our article,[1] in which they not only
highlighted the potential for case misclassification in a national clinical-quality registry using …

To the Editor—I read with interest the article by Ng et al1 in the April 2004 issue of the Hong
Kong Medical Journal. Its objective was to issue guidelines for the care of acute stroke …

The solution is to start treating TIA as a medical emergency, akin to acute coronary
syndrome. Rapid recognition and referral from wherever the patient first contacts health …

Immediate management of suspected TIA (sudden onset of acute focal neurological
disturbance that has completely resolved by the time the patient is first assessed) made by …

A few times a year, an internal medicine colleague asks,“Can you tell me TIA (transient
ischemic attack) in a nutshell?” With the new stroke and TIA guidelines coming out this May …