Blood Stasis Imaging Predicts Cerebral Microembolism during Acute Myocardial Infarction

Cardioembolic stroke is a major source of mortality and disability worldwide. The authors hypothesized that quantitative characterization of intracardiac blood stasis may be useful to determine cardioembolic risk in order to personalize anticoagulation therapy. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between image-based metrics of blood stasis in the left ventricle and brain microembolism, a surrogate marker of cardiac embolism, in a controlled animal experimental model of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Source: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research