title: CT angiography of the aorta is superior to transesophageal echocardiography for determining stroke subtypes in patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke
creator: Chatzikonstantinou, Anastasios
creator: Krissak, Radko
creator: Flüchter, Stephan
creator: Artemis, Dimitrios
creator: Schäfer, A.
creator: Schönberg, Stefan O.
creator: Hennerici, Michael G.
creator: Fink, Christian
subject: ddc-610
subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine
description: Background: The etiology of ischemic strokes remains cryptogenic in about one third of patients, even after extensive workup in specialized centers. Atherosclerotic plaques in the aorta can cause thromboembolic events but are often overlooked. They can elude standard identification by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), which is invasive or at best uncomfortable for many patients. CT angiography (CTA) can be used as an alternative or in addition to TEE if this technique fails to visualize every part of the aorta and in particular the aortic arch. Methods: We prospectively studied 64 patients (47 men, age 60 8 13 years) classified as having cryptogenic stroke after standard and full workup [including brain MRI and 24-hour electrocardiogram (ECG)] with ECG-triggered CTA of the aorta in search of plaques and compared the results with those of TEE. Investigators were blinded to the results of both techniques.
publisher: S. Karger AG
date: 2012
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserverhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/17821/1/CED2012033004322.pdf
identifier: DOI:10.11588/heidok.00017821
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-178218
identifier:   Chatzikonstantinou, Anastasios ; Krissak, Radko ; Flüchter, Stephan ; Artemis, Dimitrios ; Schäfer, A. ; Schönberg, Stefan O. ; Hennerici, Michael G. ; Fink, Christian  (2012) CT angiography of the aorta is superior to transesophageal echocardiography for determining stroke subtypes in patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke.  Cerebrovascular diseases, 33 (4).  pp. 322-328.  ISSN 1015-9770     
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language: eng