Early Echocardiography has a low yield in patients with transient ischemic attack

By Dr F Nahab, Dr G Mahmoud & Dr M Ross

This article summarizes the results of a recently published study [1]whose primary objective was to describe the relative contribution of Trans Thoracic Echocardiography (TTE) in the cardiac evaluation of patients with Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) in emergency department.