[Echocardiographic discoveries in 102 XXXX with vascular cerebral accidents].

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The causes of vascular ischaemic accidents are numerous, and when the brain is involved management is limited to the prevention of similar events. Since cardiac sources of @entity887 potentially curable, we have prospectively analyzed the results of cardiovascular examinations (including ECG and radiography of the chest) and of echocardiography in 102 @entity1 with cerebral or peripheral vascular ischaemic event in order to determine the impact of echocardiography and the influence of different diagnoses on the need for anticoagulant therapy. Intracardiac thrombi, @entity4794 , @entity384 , severe @entity1002 with or without @entity439 and @entity299 were regarded as diseases carrying a high risk of @entity887 , the low risk diseases being @entity3454 , @entity730 and isolated left @entity384 . @entity955 was treated separately, as it may be associated with several of the diseases listed above. We found 14 diseases with a high risk of @entity887 (14 p. 100) and 35 diseases with a low risk of @entity887 (34 p. 100). 10/91 @entity1 with @entity64 (11 p. 100) and 4/11 @entity1 with peripheral vascular accident presented with a @entity299 carrying a high risk of @entity887 . The most common @entity299 with a high risk of @entity887 (10/14, 71 p. 100) was severe @entity1002 secondary to a @entity301 or a @entity384 . We did not find more cases of @entity3454 or @entity730 than in the normal population. 20/29 @entity1 with normal cardiac examination had a normal echocardiogram. The anticoagulant treatment was modified after echocardiography in only one case.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
