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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A New Tool to Identify Cardioaortic Sources in Ischaemic Stroke JNNP 88:31-37, Yaghi, S.,et al, 2017 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract CMR is a non-invasive modality that can help identify potential mechanisms in cryptogenic stroke and patients who may be targeted for enrolment into clinical trials comparing anticoagulation to antiplatelet therapy in secondary stroke prevention. Prospective studies are needed to compare the value of CMR as compared to transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnostic evaluation of cryptogenic stroke.

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