“The type of stroke known as a TIA, or transient ischemic attack, can strike quickly, be over in only a few minutes, and leave its victim wondering what just happened. But don’t be fooled: Just because the TIA passed quickly and symptoms have stopped does not mean that it doesn’t require treatment. Also called a mini-stroke or a warning stroke, a TIA resembles a stroke in that they have similar signs and symptoms but in a TIA they are reversible where in a stroke there is actual damage to the brain.”