title: Part I: use of echocardiography in the evaluation of patients with suspected cardioembolic stroke.
abstract: One-sixth of all ischemic strokes are a result of embolization from the heart. Echocardiography serves as the cornerstone in evaluating patients who may have had a cardioembolic stroke. This article is the first of a two-part review series focusing on the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and treatment of cardioembolic stroke. Specifically, this section will focus on nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation as well as cardiovascular masses as potential embolic sources.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. stam_lerakis@emoryhealthcare.org
authors.forename: Stamatios
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lerakis
authors.forename: William J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Nicholson
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*