Cardiac thrombi detected by CT in patients with acute ischemic stroke: A substudy of Mind the Heart.
Leon A RinkelChiel Fp BeemsterboerNina-Suzanne GroeneveldNick Hj LobéS Matthijs BoekholdtBerto J BoumaFenna F MullerLudo F M BeenenHenk A MarqueringCharles Blm MajoieYvo Bwem RoosAdrienne van RandenR Nils PlankenJonathan M CoutinhoPublished in: European stroke journal (2022)
Cardiac CT detected a cardiac thrombus in one in every 12 patients with acute ischemic stroke, and these patients had more severe deficits, multivessel occlusions, and a worse functional outcome.
Keyphrases
- acute ischemic stroke
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- computed tomography
- heart failure
- image quality
- dual energy
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- contrast enhanced
- chronic kidney disease
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- traumatic brain injury
- atrial fibrillation
- peritoneal dialysis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- coronary artery disease
- acute coronary syndrome