Limitations of transoesophageal echocardiogram in acute ischaemic stroke.

Zachary P RosolKathleen F KopeckyBailey R MinehartKristen Michelle TecsonAnupama VasudevanPeter A McCulloughPaul A GrayburnJeffrey M Schussler

Published in: Open heart (2020)

This work suggests an overuse of TOE and provides support for the 2018 AHA/ASA stroke guidelines, which recommend against the routine use of echocardiography in the work up of cerebrovascular accident due to a cardioembolic source.

Keyphrases

clinical practice
liver failure
atrial fibrillation
respiratory failure
left ventricular
left atrial appendage
computed tomography
pulmonary hypertension
drug induced
aortic dissection
hepatitis b virus
heart failure
cerebral ischemia