Detection of cardioembolic sources with echocardiography.
Compr Ther
; 20(3): 174-80, 1994.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8187459
ABSTRACT
Cerebral ischemic events remain a common cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Although the majority of patients with strokes have cerebrovascular disease, up to 20% of stroke patients have a cardioembolic source, especially younger patients or those with associated cardiac disease. TTE offers limited potential for identifying a cardioembolic source. In contrast, TEE is superior in detecting most cardioembolic sources and should be considered in stroke patients in whom there is a high clinical suspicion for a cardiac source of embolus and whose TTE is technically difficult or negative (Table 3).
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Echocardiography
/
Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis
/
Heart Diseases
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Year:
1994
Type:
Article