Abstract
Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) is associated with systemic atherosclerosis and cardioembolic conditions and predicts the risk of recurrent strokes. We sought to establish the relationship between CIMT and cardiovascular sources of embolus (CSE) on transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and hypothesized that a noninvasive strategy of CIMT assessment and transthoracic echocardiography bubble study would identify patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack in whom TEE would provide little incremental diagnostic yield. In 180 patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack of undetermined origin referred for TEE, we prospectively performed CIMT measurement/plaque screen (Phase 1, n=96) or CIMT measurement/plaque screen and transthoracic echocardiography bubble study (Phase 2, n=84) before TEE. Phase 1 results were used to construct receiver operating characteristic curves to demonstrate the ability of CIMT to detect CSE on TEE and to identify the optimal CIMT cutoff value for prospective strategy testing (Phase 2). In Phase 1, CIMT was found to correlate with TEE markers of aortic atherosclerosis, including complex aortic plaques, and combined CSE. The optimal CIMT cutoff for detection of CSE on TEE...Continue Reading
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