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This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic assessment and short-term risk stratification value of serum GPVI levels in patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected TIA. Methods: This prospective observational cohort study included 85 adult patients with transient focal neurological symptoms suggestive of TIA. Patients were classified according to the Precise Diagnostic Score (PREDISC), and early stroke risk was assessed using the ABCD2 score. Serum GPVI levels were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Patients were followed for cerebrovascular events at 2 and 7 days. Associations between GPVI levels, clinical scores, and early outcomes were analyzed, and diagnostic performance was assessed using receiver operating characteristic analysis. Results: Serum GPVI levels differed significantly across PREDISC categories and increased from the \u201cTIA unlikely\u201d group to the \u201cTIA very likely\u201d group (p &lt; 0.001). GPVI levels were also higher in patients with ABCD2 scores \u22654 than in those with lower scores (p &lt; 0.001). GPVI showed positive correlations with both PREDISCs (Spearman\u2019s r = 0.682, p = 0.001) and ABCD2 scores (Spearman\u2019s r = 0.469, p = 0.001). All early cerebrovascular events occurred in the high-risk ABCD2 group. Patients who experienced cerebrovascular events had higher baseline GPVI levels, with a small-to-moderate effect size for 2-day outcomes (r = 0.22) and a moderate effect size for 7-day outcomes (r = 0.36). ROC analysis demonstrated discriminative performance for identifying patients classified as \u201cTIA very likely\u201d according to the PREDISC system, with an area under the curve of 0.821 (95% CI: 0.71\u20130.91). Conclusions: Serum GPVI levels were associated with PREDISC-based clinical TIA likelihood, higher ABCD2-defined risk categories, and early cerebrovascular events in patients with suspected TIA. These findings suggest that GPVI may have a potential complementary role within structured emergency department\u2013based diagnostic assessment and short-term risk stratification frameworks, pending validation in larger independent cohorts. However, because of the exploratory single-center design, modest sample size, limited number of outcome events, and absence of external validation, these findings should be interpreted as hypothesis-generating and require confirmation in larger multicenter studies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/brainsci16060596","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,3]],"date-time":"2026-06-03T02:37:26Z","timestamp":1780454246000},"page":"596","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Serum GPVI for Diagnostic Assessment and Short-Term Risk Stratification in Patients with Suspected Transient Ischemic Attack: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-0581-6370","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u00d6mer","family":"Gen\u00e7er","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medicine Faculty, Trakya University, Edirne 22030, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mustafa Burak","family":"Sayhan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medicine Faculty, Trakya University, Edirne 22030, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5546-9653","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mehmet Tahir","family":"Gokdemir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medicine Faculty, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin 47000, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1183-6511","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eray","family":"\u00c7elikt\u00fcrk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Medicine Faculty, Trakya University, Edirne 22030, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7695-9969","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Satuk Bu\u011fra Han","family":"Bozatl\u0131","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emergency Department, Edirne Sultan 1st Murat State Hospital, Edirne 22030, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7493-0388","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"R\u0131za","family":"Sertta\u015f","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Biology, Medicine Faculty, Trakya University, Edirne 22030, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2276","DOI":"10.1161\/STROKEAHA.108.192218","article-title":"Definition and Evaluation of Transient Ischemic Attack: A Scientific Statement for Healthcare Professionals","volume":"40","author":"Easton","year":"2009","journal-title":"Stroke"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"745","DOI":"10.1016\/j.emc.2012.05.001","article-title":"Transient Ischemic Attack: Evolution of Definition, Diagnosis, and Management","volume":"30","author":"Siket","year":"2012","journal-title":"Emerg. 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