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Treatment-Relevant Findings in Transesophageal Echocardiography After Stroke: A Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Götz Thomalla,
Mira Upneja,
Stephan Camen,
Märit Jensen,
Julian Schröder,
Ewgenia Barow,
Stefan Boskamp,
Birgit Ostermeier,
Sandra Kissling,
Elke Leinisch,
Claudia Tiburtius,
Henning Clausen,
Bastian Cheng,
Stefan Blankenberg,
Max Nedelmann,
Andreas Steinbrecher,
Frank Andres,
Michael Rosenkranz,
Christoph Sinning,
Renate B. Schnabel,
Christian Gerloff
Publication year - 2021
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.121.034868
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , cardiology , prospective cohort study , cohort , mechanical engineering , engineering
Cardiac ultrasound to identify sources of cardioembolism is part of the diagnostic workup of acute ischemic stroke. Recommendations on whether transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) should be performed in addition to transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) are controversial. We aimed to determine the incremental diagnostic yield of TEE in addition to TTE in patients with acute ischemic stroke with undetermined cause.

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