Cardiovascular risk after ischemic attack predicted by ultrasound
Thursday, July 30, 2009 - 05:07
in Health & Medicine
Ultrasound can be used to determine a patient's heart risk after a transient ischemic attack (TIA). An evaluation of transcranial (TCD) and extracranial (ECD) Doppler ultrasonography, published in the open access journal BMC Medical Imaging, has shown that both future stroke and future cardiovascular ischemic events can be predicted by abnormal findings.