Transesophageal Echocardiography in Cryptogenic Stroke and Patent Foramen Ovale: Analysis of Putative High-Risk Features From the Risk of Paradoxical Embolism Database [Structural Heart Disease]

Conclusions— We found no evidence that the proposed transesophageal echocardiography risk markers of large PFO size, hypermobile septum, and presence of right-to-left shunt at rest are associated with clinical features suggesting that a CS is PFO-attributable. Additional tools to describe PFOs may be useful in helping to determine whether an observed PFO is incidental or pathogenically related to CS.

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - January 21, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Wessler, B. S., Thaler, D. E., Ruthazer, R., Weimar, C., Di Tullio, M. R., Elkind, M. S. V., Homma, S., Lutz, J. S., Mas, J.-L., Mattle, H. P., Meier, B., Nedeltchev, K., Papetti, F., Di Angelantonio, E., Reisman, M., Serena, J., Kent, D. M. Tags: Cardiovascular imaging agents/Techniques, Cerebrovascular disease/stroke, Echocardiography, Pediatric and congenital heart disease, including cardiovascular surgery, Risk Factors for Stroke Structural Heart Disease Source Type: research