Echocardiography and Paradoxical Embolism
Authors: TSUNG O. CHENG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1981)

Letters and Corrections1 October 1981Echocardiography and Paradoxical EmbolismTSUNG O. CHENG, M.D.TSUNG O. CHENG, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-95-4-515_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: The three articles in the July issue on the use of two-dimensional echocardiography in stroke patients are very timely, practical, and sobering (1-3). The infrequency of positive findings for intracardiac source of embolus reported by Lovett and colleagues (1) and Greenland and associates (2) certainly militates against the advisability of routine use of echocardiography in patients with stroke syndromes. However, in neither the two leading articles (1, 2) nor the accompanying editorial (3) was paradoxical embolism mentioned as a source of cerebral embolism (4).Paradoxical embolism, although rare, is a curable disease (5), although it is not...References1. LOVETTSANDOKGIULIANINASSER JBEF. Two-dimensional echocardiography in patients with focal cerebral ischemia. Ann Intern Med. 1981;95:1-4. LinkGoogle Scholar2. GREENLANDKNOPMANMIKELLASINGERANDERSONGOOD PDFRDD. Echocardiography in diagnostic assessment of stroke. Ann Intern Med. 1981;95:51-3. LinkGoogle Scholar3. LARSONSTRATTONPEARLMAN EJA. Selective use of two-dimensional echocardiography in stroke syndromes. Ann Intern Med. 1981;95:112-4. Editorial. LinkGoogle Scholar4. CHENG T. Paradoxical embolism: a diagnostic challenge and its detection during life. Circulation. 1976;53:565-8. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. CHENG T. Paradoxical embolism: a postoperative follow-up. Circulation. 1976;54:700. Letter. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: TSUNG O. CHENG, M.D.Affiliations: George Washington University Medical Center Washington, DC 20037 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA large Eustachian valve is a confounder of contrast but not of color Doppler transesophageal echocardiography in detecting a right-to-left shunt across a patent foramen ovaleThe proper conduct of valsalva maneuver in the detection of patent foramen ovaleBrugada syndrome vs. pulmonary embolism vs. paradoxical embolism—what are we to believe?Stroke in ChinaPercutaneous Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale Is the Procedure of Choice for Paradoxical EmbolismParadoxical embolism: Diagnosis and managementImpending Paradoxical EmbolismImpending paradoxical embolism: A transophageal echocardiographic image: To the EditorPulmonary embolism and impending paradoxical embolism: A role for echocardiography?Usefulness of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Surgical Management of a Paradoxical Embolus Extending Through a Patent Foramen OvaleUsefulness of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Surgical Management of a Paradoxical Embolus Extending Through a Patent Foramen OvaleEmbolism InterruptusInteratrial Septum and its Role in Systemic EmbolismImpending paradoxical embolism: Echocardiographic diagnosis of an intracardiac thrombus crossing a patent foramen ovaleAtrial septal aneurysm as a "newly discovered" cause of stroke in patients with mitral valve prolapseRight-to-Left Atrial ShuntingPredisposing factors in cardiogenic cerebral embolism.Readers' ForumResumption of anticoagulation after intracranial bleeding in patients with prosthetic heart valves.Does transcranial Doppler ultrasonography provide information about cerebral microcirculatory flow?Atrial septal aneurysm as a cause of cerebral embolism in young patients.Editor's MailParadoxical embolism: Clinical presentation, diagnostic strategies, and therapeutic optionsEchocardiographic evaluation of young adults with nonhemorrhagic cerebral infarction.Impending paradoxical embolism from atrial thrombus: Correct diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography and prevention by surgeryCerebral emboli of paradoxical origin 1 October 1981Volume 95, Issue 4Page: 515-515KeywordsEchocardiographyStroke ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1981 PDF downloadLoading ...