Prevalence and time course of microembolic signals in patients with acute stroke. A prospective study.

Sliwka, U; Lingnau, A; D Stohlmann, W; Schmidt, P; Mull, M; R Diehl, R; Noth, J

doi:10.1161/01.str.28.2.358

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Prevalence and time course of microembolic signals in patients with acute stroke. A prospective study.

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Authors:

U Sliwka

A Lingnau

W D Stohlmann

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Cerebral emboli can be identified by the presence of typical microembolic signals (MES) in transcranial Doppler (TCD) spectral curves. The usefulness of this technique was studied by evaluating the prevalence and time course of MES in patients with acute stroke. In addition, ...

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