Evaluation of transesophageal echocardiography in detecting cardiac sources of emboli in ischemic stroke patients.

Journal: Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Published Date: Jul 12, 2015

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Embolus is one of the causes of ischemic stroke that can be due to cardiac sources such as valvular heart diseases and atrial fibrillation and atheroma of the aorta. Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is superior in identifying potential cardiac sources of emboli. Due to insufficient data on TEE findings in ischemic stroke in Iran, the present study was done to evaluate TEE in detecting cardiac sources of emboli. The main aim of this study was to describe the cardiogenic sources of emboli using TEE in the ischemic stroke patients.

Authors

  • Mohammad Amin Toodeji
    MD, Medical student, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz Iran. toodeji@sums.ac.ir.
  • Sadegh Izadi
    MD, Assistant professor of neurology, clinical neurology Research Center, Neuroscience Research Center, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. izadisad@sums.ac.ir.
  • Abdolhamid Shariat
    MD, Assistant professor of neurology, clinical neurology Research Center ,Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. shariat123@gmail.com.
  • Mohamad Hosin Nikoo
    MD, Assistant professor of cardiology, Department of cardiology, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. mhnmp@yahoo.com.

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