Association of Transthoracic Echocardiography Findings and Long-Term Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Workup of Stroke

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) has become routine as part of initial stroke workup to assess for sources of emboli. Few studies have looked at other TTE findings such as ejection fraction, wall motion abnormalities, valve disease, pulmonary hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy and their association with various subtypes of stroke, long-term outcomes of recurrent stroke, and all-cause mortality.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research