Expedite and facilitate diagnostic work up of transient ischemic attack and minor ischemic stroke: dynamic 320-detector row CT angiography of cardiac and carotid sources of emboli compared to currrently used diagnostic procedures
- Conditions
- TIA / ischemic stroke1000796310014523
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON43919
- Lead Sponsor
- eids Universitair Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
All patients who visit our TIA/IS out-patient clinic within 72 hours after the TIA or IS will be registered. Patients who meet the inclusion criteria will be invited to participate in this study. A total of 200 consecutive patients will be included in this study. Appr. 4 to 5 patients visit our TIA/IS out-patient clinic per week: we expect to require an inclusion period of appr. 1.5 to 2 years.
Specific inclusion criteria:
1. Age > 50 years
2. Voluntary participation
3. Having given their written informed consent
4. Willing to accept use of all anonymized data, including publication, and the confidential use and storage of all data.
1. Age * 50 years
2. Allergy to intravenous application of iodinated contrast media
3. Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of less than 50 mL/min.
4. Patients with a different diagnosis (intracerebral hemorrhage or stroke mimics)
5. Patients arriving > 72 hours after symptom onset
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method