Therapeutic implications of transesophageal echocardiography after transthoracic echocardiography on acute stroke patients | Zendy

Tiago Tribolet de Abreu | Zendy

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Therapeutic implications of transesophageal echocardiography after transthoracic echocardiography on acute stroke patients

Author(s) -

Tiago Tribolet de Abreu

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

vascular health and risk management

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892

H-Index - 68

eISSN - 1178-2048

pISSN - 1176-6344

DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.2008.04.01.167

Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , cardiology , stroke (engine) , atrial fibrillation , thrombus , sinus rhythm , transesophageal echocardiogram , radiology , migraine , mechanical engineering , engineering

The role of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the evaluation of acute stroke patients is still ill-defined. We conducted a prospective observational study to find the prevalence of TEE findings that indicate anticoagulation as beneficial, in acute ischemic stroke patients without indication for anticoagulation based on clinical, electrocardiographic and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) findings.

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