Open AccessLeft atrial spontaneous echo contrast is highly associated with previous stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation or mitral stenosis.
Author(s) -
Marc I. Chimowitz,
Michael DeGeorgia,
RM Poole,
Anne Hepner,
W. McD. Armstrong
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.24.7.1015
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , stroke (engine) , stenosis , embolism , peripheral , radiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Spontaneous echo contrast is a dynamic smokelike signal that is detected by transesophageal echocardiography in patients with stasis of blood in the left atrium. We designed this study to determine if spontaneous echo contrast is associated with an increased risk of previous stroke or peripheral embolism.
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