Selective Use of Two-Dimensional Echocardiography in Stroke Syndromes
Authors: ERIC B. LARSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1981)

Editorials1 July 1981Selective Use of Two-Dimensional Echocardiography in Stroke SyndromesERIC B. LARSON, M.D., M.P.H., JOHN R. STRATTON, M.D., ALAN S. PEARLMAN, M.D.ERIC B. LARSON, M.D., M.P.H., JOHN R. STRATTON, M.D., ALAN S. PEARLMAN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-95-1-112 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA comparison of the chapter on cerebrovascular diseases in the first edition ofPrinciples of Internal Medicinewith chapters in subsequent editions shows the increasingly sophisticated devices used to study patients with cerebrovascular diseases. The authors of the 1950 edition stated that the laboratory studies of "greatest value are examination of the urine, the determination of nonprotein nitrogen and sugar content of the blood, examination of cerebrospinal fluid and x-rays of the skull" (1). 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ERIC B. LARSON, M.D., M.P.H.; JOHN R. STRATTON, M.D.; ALAN S. PEARLMAN, M.D.Affiliations: Department of Medicine University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Washington PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRole of Echocardiography in Systemic Arterial Embolism: A Review with RecommendationsTransesophageal echocardiographic findings in stroke subtypes.Heart disease in patients with stroke: Incidence, impact, and implications for rehabilitation part 1: Classification and prevalenceEchocardiography in the Evaluation of Cardiac Sources of Emboli:.Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Evaluation of StrokeFrances A. DeRook, MD, Keith A. Comess, MD, Gregory W. Albers, MD, Richard L. 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CHENG, M.D. 1 July 1981Volume 95, Issue 1Page: 112-114KeywordsCerebrospinal fluidCerebrovascular diseasesComputersEchocardiographyElectroencephalographyResearch laboratoriesSkullStrokeTomographyUrine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1981 PDF downloadLoading ...