This is the difference to a stroke
The concrete difference between a transient ischemic attack and a stroke lies primarily in the temporal duration of the circulatory disorder and thus the duration of the symptoms. The temporal difference of the circulatory disorder is probably due to the fact that TIAs are mostly small vascular plugs that dissolve by themselves within a few minutes and the subsequent nerve tissue can be sufficiently supplied with blood again. A distinction between the two clinical pictures is not primarily relevant for diagnosis and therapy, since they are identical in each case.
