Computed tomography and echocardiography together reveal more high-risk findings than echocardiography alone in the diagnostics of stroke etiology

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 521-530

  Sipola, Petri ^a,c   Hedman, Marja ^a,b   Onatsu, Juha ^a   Turpeinen, Anu ^b   Halinen, Matti ^b   Jäkälä, Pekka ^a,d,e   Vanninen, Ritva ^a,c  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Heart Center   (Finland)

^c Units of Radiology   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e Brain Research and Rehabilitation Center Neuron   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; Aortic arch plaque; Cardioembolic stroke; Computed tomography; Diagnostic methods; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84879472633     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: 14219786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000350734     Document Type: Article

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