Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography in determining the source of emboli in patients with acute limb ischemia.
A potential cardiovascular source of embolism was demonstrated by transesophageal echocardiography in 20 of 33 patients (61%) with acute limb ischemia. The percentage was higher in patients with large artery occlusions (9 of 11, 82%) than in those with small artery occlusions (9 of 22, 41%) (p = 0.026).
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex