Why the study?
Does transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) identify indications for anticoagulation in acute ischemic stroke patients without such indications on initial clinical, ECG, or TTE evaluation?
Population
84 patients with acute ischemic stroke in sinus rhythm and without indication for anticoagulation based on…
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May support TEE to identify anticoagulation indications in select stroke patients; leaves open need for RCTs to confirm outcome benefit.
Does transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) identify indications for anticoagulation in acute ischemic stroke patients without such indications on initial clinical, ECG, or TTE evaluation?
TEE can identify indications for anticoagulation in nearly a third of acute ischemic stroke patients who have no such indications based on initial clinical, ECG, and TTE evaluation.
Tiago Tribolet de Abreu (2008) studied this question.
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