Welcome to Talk About TIA
A resource to help you understand transient ischemic attack (TIA)
Many people don't know that having a TIA is a serious warning sign of potential future stroke, even though it happens to more than 240,000 Americans every year1.
LEARN MORE ABOUT TIA
See where
TIA symptoms
occur in the body
Use this
interactive map
to learn how TIA
affects the body.
- National Stroke Association Guidelines for the Management of TIA. National Stroke Association. 2006. Found at: http://www.stroke.org/site/DocServer/TIA_Guidelines_070506_sm.pdf?docID=2361.
- Transient Ischemic Attack Prevention Brochure. National Stroke Association, 2007. Found at: http://www.stroke.org/site/DocServer/TIA.pdf?docID=405. Accessed September 18, 2008.
- American Heart Association. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics — 2008 Update. Page e38. Found at: http://www.circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.187998v1.
- National Stroke Association, What is stroke? 2008. Found at: http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=STROKE.
