학술논문
735-4 Characteristics of Patent Foramen Ovale in Stroke Patients: Two-dimensional and Biplane Contrast Transesophageal Study
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Journal of the American College of Cardiology; February 1995, Vol. 25 Issue: 2, Number 2 Supplement 1 p145A-145A, 1p
Subject
Language
ISSN
07351097; 15583597
Abstract
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has detected an increased prevalence of Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) in patients with unexplained stroke. In order to evaluate the morphological characteristics of PFO, 130 consecutive stroke patients were studied. Of these, 21 with PFO (16%) were identified by saline contrast TEE (Gr.A). They were matched for age and sex with 25 controls (Gr.B) who had also recently had ischemic stroke but no cardiac sources of emboli detected by TEE.