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. 2020 Sep 11:11:1003.
doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.01003. eCollection 2020.

The Role of Echocardiography Screening at the Stroke Unit

Jorge Pagola  1   2 , Carlos Pagola  3 , Jesús Juega  1   2 , Teresa González-Alujas  4 , José Alvarez-Sabin  1   2 , Carlos A Molina  1   2
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The Role of Echocardiography Screening at the Stroke Unit

Jorge Pagola et al. Front Neurol. .
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Keywords: PFO; POCUS; TTE; complex aortic plaque; cryptogenic stroke; echocar diography; strain; ventricle akinesia.

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Screening protocol for patients with cardioembolic stroke suspicion. POCUS, point of care ultrasound; TEE, transesophageal echocardiogram.
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