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The major problem of ministrokes
An estimated 795,000 people get a first-time stroke every year, and there is a good chance they were warned. Transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), also known as ministrokes, share many of the typical stroke symptoms. Yet they often are mild and brief, which is why they routinely get missed or ignored.
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