Embolic Stroke Diagnosed by Elevated D-Dimer in a Patient With Negative TEE for Cardioembolic Source

We report a case of cerebrovascular accident with thromboembolic stroke etiology in a patient who had atrial flutter and negative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) results. The increased D-dimer levels (1877 ng/mL) initiated referral for magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiogr...

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Autores principales: Sazonova, Irina Y., Pondicherry-Harish, Roja, Kadle, Nikhil, Sharma, Gyanendra K., Figueroa, Ramon E., Robinson, Vincent J. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709614560907

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26425631
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709614560907

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