Diagnostic Yield of ECG-Gated Cardiac CT in theAcute Phase of Ischemic Stroke vsTransthoracic Echocardiography.
Leon A RinkelValeria GuglielmiChiel F P BeemsterboerNina-Suzanne GroeneveldNick H J LobéS Matthijs BoekholdtBerto J BoumaFenna F MullerLudo F M BeenenHenk A MarqueringCharles B L M MajoieYvo B W E M RoosAdrienne van RandenR Nils PlankenJonathan M CoutinhoPublished in: Neurology (2022)
Cardiac CT acquired in the acute phase of ischemic stroke is technically feasible and has a superior diagnostic yield compared with TTE for the detection of high-risk sources of embolism. Cardiac CT may be considered as an alternative to TTE to screen for cardioembolism.