Transesophageal echocardiography discloses unexpected cardiac sources of embolus in stroke patients aged more than 45 years Ecocardiograma transesofágico revela fonte cardíaca de embolia cerebral em pacientes com AVC e mais que 45 anos

Transesophageal echocardiography discloses unexpected cardiac sources of embolus in stroke patients aged more than 45 years Ecocardiograma transesofágico revela fonte cardíaca de embolia cerebral em pacientes com AVC e mais que 45 anos

Cerebral embolism from cardiac source is an important cause of stroke, specially in patients younger than 45 years old. OBJECTIVE: To describe the transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) findings in young and non-young stroke patients without any prior evidence of cardiac source for cerebral embolism...

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Main Authors: Marcia Maiumi Fukujima, Solange Bernardes Tatani, Alexandre Santos Aguiar, Maria Elisabeth Matta de Rezende Ferraz, Silvio Francisco, Luiz Darcy Ferreira, Cláudia G. Monaco, Juarez Ortiz, João Augusto Costa Lima, Alberto Alain Gabbai, Gilmar Fernandes do Prado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2005-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
acidente vascular cerebral
embolia cardíaca
ecocardiograma transesofágico
stroke
cardiac embolism
transesophageal echocardiogram
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2005000600007
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