A transient ischemic attack, often called a "mini-stroke," is more like a close call.

On average, one person in a thousand suffers transient attacks, but by the age of 65 as many as 5 to 10 percent experience them.

Unfortunately, because the symptoms of a transient attack are temporary, many people ignore them, often until it is too late.

That can result in a mini-stroke called a transient ischemic attack.

He also said that any of 100 things could cause such a transient attack and that patients usually make complete recoveries.

In some cases stroke and transient ischemic attacks have occurred after sclerotherapy.

Johnson suffered a stroke (likely a transient ischemic attack) in 1940.

She simply could not believe her transient attack had been a symptom of a serious medical problem.

And two others suffered what appeared to be transient ischemic attacks.

And the man was clearly having a transient ischemic attack.