Troponin Improves the Yield of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Ischemic Stroke Patients of Determined Stroke Subtype.

ABSTRACT: Background and Purpose- Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is widely used in the ischemic stroke setting. In this study, we aim to investigate the yield of TTE in patients with ischemic stroke and known subtype and whether the admission troponin level improves the yield of TTE. Methods- Data were abstracted from a single-center prospective ischemic stroke database for 18 months and included all patients with ischemic stroke whose etiologic subtype could be obtained without the need of TTE. Unadjusted and adjusted regression models were built to determine whether positive cardiac troponin levels (≥0.1 ng/mL) improve the yield of TTE, adjusting for demographic and clinical characteristics. Results- We identified 578 patients who met the inclusion criteria. TTE changed clinical management i

SUBMITTER: Yaghi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6209115 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature