[Is necessary to perform a transthoracic echocardiogram in all the patients with cryptogenic stroke during hospitalization?].

CONCLUSIONS. The application of our criteria in undetermined stroke patients help us to identify with high efficiency cardioembolic sources postponing the test to an ambulatory scenario in the rest of the patients.
PMID: 23658033 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Revista de Neurologia - May 16, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Arias-Rivas S, Rodriguez-Yanez M, Lopez-Ferreiro A, Santamaria-Cadavid M, Fernandez-Pajarin G, Gonzalez-Juanatey JR, Castillo J, Blanco M Tags: Rev Neurol Source Type: research