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Transesophageal echocardiography in patients less than 60 years of age without obvious cardiac source of embolism.
Authors: Nighoghossian N, Perinetti M, Barthelet M, Adeleine P, Trouillas P Abstract Minor potential cardioembolic sources of stroke such as atrial septal aneurysms (ASA) or patent foramen ovale (PFO) are important risk factors for cryptogenic stroke. We aim to determine the prevalence of these abnormalities through an exhaustive etiological workup including transesophageal echocardiography and cervical arteries assessment in stroke patients younger than 60 years of age who had no evidence of a significant source of embolism. We classified 118 stroke patients into four groups according to transesophageal echocardio...
Source: Neurological Research - November 10, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Neurol Res Source Type: research