Left Atrial Enlargement on Transthoracic Echocardiography Predicts Left Atrial Thrombus on Transesophageal Echocardiography in Ischemic Stroke Patients

Background. Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is superior to transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) in detecting left atrial thrombus (LAT), a risk factor for stroke, but is costly and invasive, carrying a higher risk for complications. Aims. To determine the utility of using left atrial enlargement...

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Pubblicato in:Biomed Res Int
Autori principali: Anaissie, James, Monlezun, Dominique, Seelochan, A., Siegler, James E., Chavez-Keatts, Maria, Tiu, Jonathan, Pineda, Denise, George, Alexander, Shaban, Amir, Abi Rafeh, Nidal, Schluter, Laurie, Martin-Schild, Sheryl, El Khoury, Ramy
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5086361/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27822477
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7194676
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