Transient Ischaemic Attacks: How to diagnose and what to do?

Meeting Highlights EPCCS 2010

View prof Richard McManus discuss the highlights from his presentation held during the EPCCS annual meeting in 2010

Transient Ischaemic Attacks: How to diagnose and what to do?

About the speaker

Prof. Richard McManus
Professor of Primary Care Cardiovascular Research and Honorary Consultant, Health and Population Sciences, Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Professor McManus’ research interests lie mainly in cardiovascular disease and he has published work on the management of chest pain in primary care, electronic blood pressure measurement, stroke management in primary care and self monitoring in hypertension. He holds an NIHR Career Development Fellowship and leads the Stroke Theme of the Birmingham CLAHRC as well as several NIHR funded studies on the primary care management of hypertension and chronic kidney disease. He is a member of the Birmingham and Black Country CLRN Executive Committee and Board, Deputy Clinical Lead of West Midlands Stroke Research Network and Chairs the SRN Primary Care Clinical Studies Group. He has provided expert advice to NICE, Department of Health and the European Society of Cardiology.