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Stroke Among Patients With Dizziness, Vertigo, and Imbalance in the Emergency Department

Kevin A. Kerber, Devin L. Brown, Lynda D. Lisabeth, Melinda A. Smith, Lewis B. Morgenstern

Stroke · 2006 · 484 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

The proportion of cerebrovascular events in patients presenting with dizziness, vertigo, or imbalance is very low. Isolated dizziness, vertigo, or imbalance strongly predicts a noncerebrovascular cause. The symptom of imbalance is a predictor of stroke/TIA.

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