PeaceHealth has opened a new clinic to evaluate and treat patients for transient ischemic attack — a temporary blockage of blood flow in the brain that can cause strokelike symptoms.
The new clinic is located on the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center campus in the PeaceHealth Medical Group — Neurology Clinic, 505 N.E. 87th Ave., Suite 460.
For patients who experience transient ischemic attack, early diagnosis and treatment by a neurologist can significantly lower the risk of a future stroke. The two-day stroke risk for those patients can be as high as 8 percent, with a 90-day stroke risk of 10 to 17 percent, according to PeaceHealth.
The goal of the new clinic is to evaluate patients who experience transient ischemic attack within 72 hours of visiting the hospital emergency department.
