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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Vydáno v:Biomed Res Int
Hlavní autoři: 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
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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On-line přístup: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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