TY - JOUR T1 - Theme: Ischaemic stroke JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 93 LP - 93 DO - 10.1136/emj.2010.108514 VL - 28 IS - 2 AU - Michael Davey Y1 - 2011/02/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/2/93.abstract N2 - Which of the following are true regarding the risk of ischaemic stroke?The risk of stroke after a transient ischaemic event (TIA) is approximately 5% at 1 week.Prognostic indicators of stroke after TIA include: age >60 years, diabetes mellitus, duration of symptoms longer than an hour, high blood pressure.Mortality of admitted stroke patients is approximately 5–10%80% of stroke syndromes are ischaemic in origin, 25% of which are cardioembolic.Which of the following are true of investigation of ischaemic stroke?An electrocardiograph should be routinely performed for patients presenting with a … ER -