Transcutaneous detection of aortic arch atheromas by suprasternal harmonic imaging
| Autor: | Ehud Schwammenthal, Yvonne Schwammenthal, Alex Garniek, Alexander Tenenbaum, Michael Motro, Michael Eldar, Micha S. Feinberg, Babeth Rabinowitz, David Tanne |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Aortic arch medicine.medical_specialty Arteriosclerosis medicine.medical_treatment Embolism Aortic Diseases Second-harmonic imaging microscopy Aorta Thoracic Predictive Value of Tests medicine.artery medicine Humans Stroke Cardiac catheterization Aorta business.industry Vascular disease Middle Aged medicine.disease Intracranial Embolism Predictive value of tests Female Radiology business Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Echocardiography Transesophageal |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 39(7):1127-1132 |
| ISSN: | 0735-1097 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)01730-8 |
| Popis: | ObjectivesThe goal of the present study was to examine whether suprasternal harmonic imaging (SHI) (i.e., harmonic imaging from the suprasternal windows) can visualize protruding arch atheromas (PAAs) and reliably predict the presence or absence of significant lesions.BackgroundProtruding arch atheromas are a major source of cerebral and peripheral embolism and probably the most frequent cause of stroke during cardiac catheterization and open-heart surgery. Preprocedural screening by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) would be desirable but is limited by the nature of the examination.MethodsOf 354 patients who underwent a TEE study in our laboratory during the study period, 106 were referred for detection of a source of embolism. Findings were classified based on the French Aortic Plaque study criteria as: 1) no or minimal atherosclerotic changes; 2) PAAs |
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