Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
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We studied silent stroke (i.e., infarcts on computed tomographic scan not related to later symptoms) in patients after transient ischemic attack or minor ischemic stroke. ⋯ Because only the sites of silent stroke infarcts differed slightly from those of symptomatic infarcts and the frequency of vascular risk factors was similar to that of symptomatic infarcts, silent stroke may have the same bearing on future risk as known prior stroke.