Population
34-year-old woman with sudden right hemiplegia and aphasia from occlusion of the left carotid siphon
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Case report does not support routine echocardiography in cryptogenic stroke; leaves open atrial septal aneurysm causality.
Two-dimensional echocardiography may be advisable in patients with unexplained ischemic stroke to detect possible occult embolic cardiac abnormalities like atrial septal aneurysm.
Pasquale et al. (1988) studied this question.
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