Incidence of transcranial Doppler-detected cerebral microemboli in patients referred for echocardiography.
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Incidence of transcranial Doppler-detected cerebral microemboli in patients referred for echocardiography.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Transcranial Doppler can detect cerebral microemboli. These emboli may be a risk factor for embolic stroke. We studied the prevalence of microemboli in patients referred for echocardiography. METHODS Forty-two patients were evaluated. Patients were studied with continuous monitoring over one middle cerebral artery for 30 minutes, and the number of microemboli was record...
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عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.25.11.2138