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When do you consider cardiac CT to evaluate for etiology of acute ischemic stroke?

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Neurology · University of Mississippi Medical Center

I do it in place of TEE in:

  • Patients with LVO or severe stenosis, for whom I am concerned about hypoperfusion causing another stroke.
  • Elderly patients that may have a higher complication risk from TEE.

I am mainly looking for intracardiac thrombus.

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