Use of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness to Identify Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack With Low Yield of Cardiovascular Sources of Embolus on Transesophageal Echocardiography | Zendy

R. Parker Ward | Zendy; Georgeanne Lammertin | Zendy; Daniel E. Virnich | Zendy; Tamar S. Polonsky | Zendy; Roberto M. Lang | Zendy

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Use of Carotid Intima-Media Thickness to Identify Patients With Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack With Low Yield of Cardiovascular Sources of Embolus on Transesophageal Echocardiography

Author(s) -

R. Parker Ward,

Georgeanne Lammertin,

Daniel E. Virnich,

Tamar S. Polonsky,

Roberto M. Lang

Publication year - 2008

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/strokeaha.108.519181

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , intima media thickness , stroke (engine) , embolus , prospective cohort study , cutoff , radiology , receiver operating characteristic , carotid arteries , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering

Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is associated with systemic atherosclerosis and cardioembolic conditions and predicts the risk of recurrent strokes. We sought to establish the relationship between CIMT and cardiovascular sources of embolus (CSE) on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and hypothesized that a noninvasive strategy of CIMT assessment and transthoracic echocardiography bubble study would identify patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack in whom TEE would provide little incremental diagnostic yield.

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