Mini-strokes leave 'hidden' brain damage: Vancouver Coastal Health and UBC Research

Friday, January 28, 2011 - 12:51 in Health & Medicine

Each year, approximately 150,000 Canadians have a transient ischaemic attack (TIA), sometimes known as a mini-stroke. New research published today in Stroke, the journal of the American Heart Association shows these attacks may not be transient at all. They in fact create lasting damage to the brain...

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