PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Shruti Sonni AU - David E. Thaler TI - Transient ischemic attack: Omen and opportunity AID - 10.3949/ccjm.80a.12141 DP - 2013 Sep 01 TA - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine PG - 566--576 VI - 80 IP - 9 4099 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/80/9/566.short 4100 - http://www.ccjm.org/content/80/9/566.full SO - Cleve Clin J Med2013 Sep 01; 80 AB - A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is not a benign event; it is often the precursor of stroke. As such, every TIA deserves to be taken seriously, and patients who present with a TIA should be promptly evaluated and, if appropriate, started on stroke-preventive therapy.