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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5086361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27822477
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7194676

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