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Isolated transient vertigo due to TIA: challenge for diagnosis and therapy

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As a prevalent vertigo disease in the clinic, isolated transient vertigo can present as a vertigo episode without focal signs and always free of symptoms on presentation. Previous studies showed a part of isolated transient vertigo events had a high risk of stroke during follow-up. However, how to discern posterior circulation ischemia become a great challenge for clinicians, especially in emergency, neurology, and ENT departments. Routine besides, hematological, and imaging examinations are often difficult provide a clear etiological diagnosis. Hence, this article reviews current knowledge about the epidemiology, risk factors, offending lesions, and clinical manifestation of transient ischemic attack (TIA) presenting as isolated transient vertigo. In addition, we summarize several advances in besides examinations, serum biomarkers, and imaging technologies to better identify stroke events. Finally, the current situation of therapy was briefly retrospected. Here we present a critical clinical puzzle that needs to be solved in the future. Of note, there is a still lack of high-quality studies in this field. The article reviews the keys to the diagnosis of isolated transient vertigo due to TIA and provides us with more methods to screen for high-risk stroke populations.

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Yao, K., Zu, Hb. Isolated transient vertigo due to TIA: challenge for diagnosis and therapy. J Neurol 270, 769–779 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-022-11443-x

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