Terms & Properties

Preferred Name:  Transient Ischemic Attack

Definition:  A brief attack (from a few minutes to an hour) of cerebral dysfunction of vascular origin, with no persistent neurological deficit.

ACC/AHA Definition:  A brief episode of neurological dysfunction, caused by focal brain or retinal ischemia without imaging evidence of acute infarction

CTCAE Definition:  A disorder characterized by a brief attack (less than 24 hours) of cerebral dysfunction of vascular origin, with no persistent neurological deficit.

NICHD Definition:  A transient episode of cerebral dysfunction of vascular origin with no persistent neurological deficit.

FDA Definition:  A brief attack (from a few minutes to an hour) of cerebral dysfunction of vascular origin, with no persistent neurological deficit.

Label:  Transient Ischemic Attack

NCI Thesaurus Code:  C50781 (Search for linked caDSR metadata)   (search value sets)

NCI Metathesaurus Link:  C0007787  (see NCI Metathesaurus info)

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

TIA

Transient cerebral ischemic attack, unspecified

Transient Ischemic Attack

Transient ischemic attack

Transient Ischemic Attacks

Transient ischemic attacks

External Source Codes: 

UMLS CUI

C0007787

Other Properties:

Name	Value (qualifiers indented underneath)
code	C50781
Contributing_Source	ACC/AHA
Contributing_Source	Cellosaurus
Contributing_Source	FDA
Contributing_Source	GDC
Contributing_Source	mCode
Contributing_Source	MedDRA
Contributing_Source	NICHD
FDA_Table	Patient Code (Appendix B)
Legacy Concept Name	Transient_Ischemic_Attack
Maps_To	Transient Ischemic Attack
	Target_Terminology: GDC       Relationship_to_Target: Has Synonym       Target_Term_Type: PT       Target_Code: comorbidities
Maps_To	Transient ischemic attacks
	Target_Terminology: MedDRA       Target_Terminology_Version: 18.1       Relationship_to_Target: Has Synonym       Target_Term_Type: LLT       Target_Code: 10044391
Semantic_Type	Disease or Syndrome
xRef	IMDRF:E0137

Additional Concept Data: 

Defined Fully by Roles: No

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