Ischemic Stroke Patients with Active Malignancy or Extracardiac Shunts Are More Likely to Have a Right-to-Left Shunt Found by TCD Than Echocardiogram
de Havenon A, Moore A, Sultan-Qurraie A, Majersik JJ, Stoddard G, Tirschwell D. Ischemic Stroke Patients with Active Malignancy or Extracardiac Shunts Are More Likely to Have a Right-to-Left Shunt Found by TCD Than Echocardiogram. Translational Stroke Research 2015, 6: 361-364. PMID: 26205844, DOI: 10.1007/s12975-015-0414-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic stroke patientsTranscranial DopplerActive malignancyLeft shuntIschemic strokeExtracardiac shuntsStroke patientsPositive transcranial DopplersRecent ischemic strokePercent of patientsComorbid medical conditionsPatent foramen ovalePulmonary arteriovenous malformationsDetection of rightNegative TTEOccult malignancyTOAST classificationCryptogenic strokeStroke subtypesForamen ovaleStandard workupShunt statusArteriovenous malformationsMedical conditionsPatients