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Aortogenic Embolic Stroke:A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Approach Stroke 23:1056-1061, Toyoda,K.,et al, 1992 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Twenty-six patients(42%)showed complicated aortic lesions on echocardiogram.Transeophageal echocardiography brought us more abundant information than other techniques.Aortic knob calcification by plain radiography correlated well with the presence of echocardiographically complicated lesions,suggesting its utility for rough screening of atherosclerotic changes.Fifty-two patients had other potential embolic sources in the heart or cervical arteries.Among the remaining ten patients without extra-aortic embolic sources,three showed complicated lesions and were diagnosed as having aortogenic embolic stroke.Aortic atherosclerosis should be recognized as an embolic source of stroke and the advantage of transeophageal echocardiography recognized in its evaluation.

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