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Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
2D speckle; Echocardiography; Ischemic stroke etiology; Left atrial dysfunction
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The Relationship Between Left Atrial Dysfunction And Ischemic Stroke Etiology 2d Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Study ., Ibrahim Abdelqader, Abdelhamed Ismail, Ahmed Abo Alhassan, Mostafa Metwally
The Relationship Between Left Atrial Dysfunction And Ischemic Stroke Etiology 2d Speckle Tracking Echocardiography Study ., Ibrahim Abdelqader, Abdelhamed Ismail, Ahmed Abo Alhassan, Mostafa Metwally
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal
Background: Adult stroke, particularly cardioembolic stroke, is a prominent consequence of mortality and illness, but the cause is frequently unknown. Aim and objectives; to study role of left atrial dysfunction as an etiological factor in ischemic stroke using 2D speckle tracking echocardiography. Subjects and methods: The Al-Hussein Hospital Al-Azhar University hosted this prospective cohort study. The TOAST classification was used in this study, which included 40 patients with ischemic stroke. Result: The ECHO- LAD in the study population ranged from 2.1 to 5.3 with mean ± SD = 3.11 ± 0.86. The ECHO- AO in the study population ranged from …