RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Transient ischemic attack: Omen and opportunity JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO Cleve Clin J Med FD Cleveland Clinic SP 566 OP 576 DO 10.3949/ccjm.80a.12141 VO 80 IS 9 A1 Sonni, Shruti A1 Thaler, David E. YR 2013 UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/80/9/566.abstract 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.