ArticleEuropean heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology2023
Echocardiography in cardioembolic stroke prevention.
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- Cardioembolic sources and stroke prevention: a systematic review.Cardiovascular ultrasound · 2026Pooled it
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- Diagnostic Yield of Transthoracic Echocardiography Among US Emergency Department Observation Unit Patients Evaluated for Transient Ischemic Attack.Critical pathways in cardiology · 2026Observational
- Clinical routines and structural resources for performing transoesophageal echocardiography on German stroke units.Neurological research and practice · 2026Article
- Early Prediction of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Acute Stroke Using the BANQMR Score.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Impact of transesophageal echocardiogram findings on management of acute ischemic stroke: a retrospective single-institution cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- A polo ball in the right atrium, importance of echocardiographic characteristics of intracardiac myxomas: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and disability, and cardiac embolism accounts for one-third of all ischaemic strokes. Thirty per cent of strokes are cryptogenic. In this setting, echocardiography is essential in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of embolic stroke of undetermined source since it is a widely available, safe, and inexpensive tool. Transthoracic echocardiography and transoesophageal echocardiography, furthermore, are proven to change therapeutic management leading to initiation of anti-coagulation, anti-microbial therapy, patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure, or cardiac tumour resection. The most common cardioembolic sources include left atrial appendage thrombus, left ventricular thrombus, vegetations in endocarditis, paradoxical embolization in PFO, prosthesis thrombosis, and intracardiac tumours. Although the presence of a cardioembolic source only represents a risk factor for an ischaemic stroke, it could not assure the certain or the unique cause of the event. The purpose of this review is to underline the importance of echocardiography and overview the main sources of cardiac embolism and the echocardiographic features.
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