Relationship of spontaneous microembolic signals to risk stratification, recurrence, severity, and mortality of ischemic stroke: a prospective study.
Rodrigo BazanGustavo José LuvizuttoGabriel Pereira BragaSilméia Garcia Zanati BazanJoão Carlos HuebCarlos Clayton Macedo de FreitasPedro Tadao Hamamoto FilhoGabriel Pinheiro MódoloAndré Petean TrindadeMarcone Lima SobreiraHélio Rubens de Carvalho NunesJoão Pereira LeiteOctávio Marques Pontes-NetoPublished in: The ultrasound journal (2020)
It was observed that the stroke recurrence adjusted for prior stroke was higher and earlier among patients with MES detection. In conclusion, MES demonstrated a significant correlation with symptomatic carotid disease and a shorter DELAY until monitoring, and could be a predictor for the early recurrence of stroke in the long term.