title: [Transesophageal echocardiography in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation and cerebral ischemia].
abstract: The authors wanted to verify the possibility of discovering, by means of transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac causes that can't be clearly shown with 2D echocardiography, in patients who suffered a cerebral ischaemic pathology and who had a cronic atrial fibrillation. The left atrial appendage is not well visualized by the 2D echocardiographic approach. Transesophageal echocardiography has been shown to be superior to transthoracic imaging in the evaluation of the mass lesions in the left atrium and his appendage and often the best visualization of the mitral valve leaflets and aortic semilunar cusps.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Geriatrico INRCA, Fermo, Ascoli Piceno.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pennacchietti
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Assouad
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Balestrini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fratalocchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Funari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vesprini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bellagamba
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016279:Atrial Function, Left / Q000502:physiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004453:Echoencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging