Transesophageal echocardiographic findings in stroke subtypes.
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Transesophageal echocardiographic findings in stroke subtypes.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Transesophageal echocardiography has a high yield for detecting potential cardiac sources of embolism in patients with clinical risk factors for cardioembolism or unexplained stroke. The yield in other stroke subtypes is unknown. METHODS We classified 145 consecutively admitted patients into stroke subtypes based on clinical findings, brain imaging, and carotid ultrasou...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Stroke
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0039-2499,1524-4628
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.25.1.23