Association of homocysteine and smoking with cerebral microemboli in patients with mechanical heart valves: a transcranial Doppler study.
Alicia MattiaM Reza AzarpazhoohClaudio MunozChrysi BogiatziMackenzie A QuantzJ David SpencePublished in: Stroke and vascular neurology (2017)
Higher tHcy and smoking were associated with a higher MES count in both preoxygenation and postoxygenation phases. Because smoking can be stopped and hyperhomocysteinaemia is treatable, these are clinically important findings.