Microemboli monitoring by trans-cranial doppler in patient with acute cardioemboliogenic stroke due to atrial myxoma

• Main Authors: Gregory Telman (Author), Orit Mesica (Author), Efim Kouperberg (Author), Oved Cohen (Author), Gil Bolotin (Author), Yoram Agmon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This is the first reported attempt to examine the emboliogenic potential of cardiac myxoma in patients with acute stroke through the monitoring of microembolic signals (MES) by transcranial doppler. A 43-year old woman was brought to the emergency department because of acute onset of generalized ton...