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- Title
An Unusual Cause of Stroke—the Importance of Saline Contrast Echocardiography.
- Authors
Tsang, Wendy; Boulos, Mark; Moody, Alan R.; Sahlas, Demetrios J.; Morgan, Christopher D.
- Abstract
We report a case of a 38-year-old man who presented with a cryptogenic stroke in whom a persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) to the left atrium was established as an isolated anomaly by both echocardiography and magnetic resonance angiography. This rare cardiac abnormality creates a systemic right to left shunt and the potential for cerebral abscess or infarction. Echocardiographic diagnosis may be missed unless intravenous saline contrast is performed using a left upper extremity vein.
- Subjects
CEREBROVASCULAR disease; HEART diseases; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; ANGIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2008, Vol 25, Issue 8, p908
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00706.x