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My daughter, age 48, recently suffered a tia with no residue found. she has no risk factors: non smoker, thin, low bp, eats healthy , exercises. why?
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Evaluation: Difficult situation. Needs further evaluation to exclude potential cardiac causes.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Unknown cause: Up to 30% of strokes and tias have no clear cause identified. We call them "cryptogenic". She still should continue doing great job with risk factor control though (no tobacco, low bp, healthy diet etc). It helps to prevent further attacks.
Answered 5/2/2014
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