Call TIAs "TIBs".

doi:10.1161/01.STR.0000107772.20485.B6

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Call TIAs "TIBs".

Published Dec 11, 2003 · M. Hoffmann

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Abstract

To the Editor: The term transient ischemic attack (TIA) is problematic. New evidence of an even greater than previously appreciated risk of impending stroke is accumulating. The recent article by Lovett et al provides resounding data in support of this.1 An article published several months previously is particularly pertinent in this regard. Albers and others were more forthright in their revocation of the long-overdue recision of the term TIA .2 Albers et al recommended that we should keep the term TIA but that we must understand it should mean something different! However, TIA and its connotations in clinical practice demand a catchy replacement acronym. The term must somehow satisfy medical and nonmedical people and yet be accurate, brief, and remembered. The term TIA was also regarded as a relatively benign syndrome with nonemergent status. This needs to be urgently corrected. The call for a more appropriate and sinister term is particularly …

Study Snapshot

TIAs should be called "TIBs" to better communicate their seriousness and avoid the misconception that they are benign and nonemergent.

PopulationOlder adults (50-71 years)

Sample size24

MethodsObservational

OutcomesBody Mass Index projections

ResultsSocial networks mitigate obesity in older groups.

Call TIAs "TIBs".

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