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1546479

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-14
pubmed:abstractText
In patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation one must differentiate between those without a clinically suspected embolic event and those who have sustained embolism or stroke of uncertain origin. All of the latter should undergo echocardiography as part of a comprehensive search for a possible source of embolism. A positive finding will enhance the probability that the ischaemic event was indeed caused by a cardiac embolus. It must be kept in mind, especially in stroke patients, that long-term anticoagulation will expose many of them to a far higher risk of haemorrhage [26] due to multimorbidity, propensity to repeated falls and difficulties in compliance than it did to the carefully selected cohorts of the recent warfarin studies. Whenever transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) fails to disclose an unequivocal cardiac source of embolism, transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) should be performed. In persons with atrial fibrillation but no history of systemic embolisation the only rationale for performing echocardiography is to rule out heart disease in clinically suspected lone atrial fibrillation. For the rest of this group TEE remains an investigative tool.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0043-5325
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
104
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Value of echocardiography in atrial fibrillation.
pubmed:affiliation
2nd Medical Department, Krankenanstalt Rudolfstiftung, Wien.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review