Is the ABCD score useful for risk stratification of patients with acute transient ischemic attack?
Although the ABCD score has some predictive value, patients with a score<4 still have a substantial probability of having a high-risk cause of cerebral ischemia or radiographic evidence of acute infarction despite transient symptoms.
Low plasma BDNF is a novel, independent, and robust biomarker of mortality risk in old women. BDNF may be a central factor in the network of multimorbidity in old populations.