Spontaneous echo contrast and thromboembolism.
Spontaneous echocardiographic contrast (a swirling, smokelike haze that appears in blood during imaging) indicates a predisposition to thromboembolism, particularly in patients with atrial fibrillation and elevation of hematocrit, ESR, and serum fibrinogen.
Ansari
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Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Fairview Southdale Hospital, Edina, Minn, USA.
Maron
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D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*