Transient global amnesia (TGA): risk factors and triggers
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Transient global amnesia (TGA): risk factors and triggers. Middle or old age, Migraine. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Risk factors
- Middle or old age
- Migraine
- Cerebral vein thrombosis (CVT)
- Internal jugular vein incompetence
- Positive family history
- Stress-liability personality
Triggers: medical procedures
Locked: subscribe to see this section.
Triggers: others
Locked: subscribe to see this section.
Unlikely triggers
Locked: subscribe to see this section.
References
- Kirshner HS. Transient global amnesia: a brief review and update. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2011; 11:578-582.
- Quinette P, Guillery-Girard B, Dayan J, et al. What does transient global amnesia really mean? Review of the literature and thorough study of 142 cases. Brain 2006; 129:1640-1658.
- Donnet A. Transient global amnesia triggered by migraine in a French tertiary-care center: an 11-year retrospective analysis. Headache 2015; 55:853-859.
- Lin KH, Chen YT, Fuh JL, et al. Migraine is associated with a higher risk of transient global amnesia: a nationwide cohort study. Eur J Neurol 2014; 21:718-724.
- Crowell GF, Stump DA, Biller J, McHenry LC Jr, Toole JF. The transient global amnesia-migraine connection. Arch Neurol 1984; 41:75-79.
- And 29 more. Subscribe to see the full list
