Role of transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment and therapeutic management of patients with acute ischemic cerebral events before the age of 65

Role of transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment and therapeutic management of patients with acute ischemic cerebral events before the age of 65

Introduction: Ischemic stroke is the leading cause of mortality in Portugal, with around 30 to 50% of cases being of cardioembolic etiology. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has assumed growing importance in the detection of cardiac sources of embolism. However, there is controversy regarding...

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Main Authors: António Gaspar, Isabel Silva, António Costeira Pereira, Nuno Salomé, José António Mariz, Aida Brandão, Francisco Fernandes, Alda Simões, Alberto Salgado, Adelino Correia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-07-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204911700022

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