Diagnostic Yield of TEE in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke and TIA with Normal TTE: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The role of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in cryptogenic stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) with normal transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) remains controversial in the absence of definite guidelines. We aimed to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate an additional diagnostic yield and clinical impact of TEE in patients with cryptogenic stroke and TIA with normal TTE.

Methods

We performed a systematic review of cohort studies on PubMed using the keywords 'cryptogenic stroke', cryptogenic TIA', 'TEE', and 'TTE' with matching MeSH terms. We included studies with patients who had cryptogenic stroke or TIA and had normal TTE findings, where the study intended to obtain TEE on all patients and reported all TEE abnormalities. The s

SUBMITTER: Shah S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8706810 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature