Short-term outcome of medically treated patients with transient ischemic attacks, reversible ischemic neurologic deficits and strokes with minimum residuum.

62 patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA), 60 with reversible ischemic neurologic deficit (RIND) and 57 with stroke with minimum residuum (SMR) were followed, in a retrospective survey, from the first 7 days to the 3rd month of evolution. 90 received anticoagulant treatment, 66 antiplatelet treatment and 23 other or no treatment. 5 patients developed strokes with moderate or severe disability; no patient suffered a myocardial infarction or died. No influence of the type of treatment or of the clinical group (TIA, RIND and SMR) on the follow-up complications could be detected. There seems to be a group with a greater risk of developing further cerebral infarction, which is characterized by the occurrence of multiple TIAs for several days before the event.