The Need to Quantify Right-to-Left Shunt in Acute Ischemic Stroke | Zendy

Joaquı́n Serena | Zendy; Tomás Segura | Zendy; M. Jesús Pérez-Ayuso | Zendy; Joan Bassaganyas | Zendy; A. Molins | Zendy; Antoni Dávalos | Zendy

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The Need to Quantify Right-to-Left Shunt in Acute Ischemic Stroke

Author(s) -

Joaquı́n Serena,

Tomás Segura,

M. Jesús Pérez-Ayuso,

Joan Bassaganyas,

A. Molins,

Antoni Dávalos

Publication year - 1998

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.29.7.1322

Subject(s) - medicine , transcranial doppler , cardiology , patent foramen ovale , stroke (engine) , right to left shunt , valsalva maneuver , etiology , population , shunt (medical) , blood pressure , migraine , mechanical engineering , environmental health , engineering

Although right-to-left shunt (RLSh) has been reported to be significantly more frequent in young stroke patients with cryptogenic stroke, its relevance in a nonselected population of acute ischemic stroke is not well known. The aim of this study was to determine the importance of the RLSh magnitude as a risk factor for stroke in nonselected patients.

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