The need to quantify right-to-left shunt in acute ischemic stroke: a case-control study

Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation
J SerenaA Dávalos

Abstract

Although right-to-left shunt (RLSh) has been reported to be significantly more frequent in young stroke patients with cryptogenic stroke, its relevance in a nonselected population of acute ischemic stroke is not well known. The aim of this study was to determine the importance of the RLSh magnitude as a risk factor for stroke in nonselected patients. Two hundred eight patients hospitalized consecutively with transient ischemic attack or acute cerebral infarction and 100 healthy control subjects were studied. Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) was performed in both middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) after intravenous application of agitated saline solution. The magnitude of RLSh was quantified by counting the number of signals in 1 MCA during a Valsalva maneuver. RLSh was classified as "no shunt," "small" (< 10 signals), and "large" (> 10 signals), with the latter including the "shower" (> 25 signals) and "curtain" (uncountable signals) patterns. Extensive investigations, including contrast transesophageal echocardiography, were carried out on patients diagnosed as suffering from stroke of an uncertain etiology. The importance of RLSh for stroke was assessed by logistic regression analysis. Contrast TCD detected a large RLS...Continue Reading

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