Potential and Limitations of Echocontrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography in Acute Stroke Patients

Abstract

In summary, in approximately three fourths of our acute stroke patients with insufficient native US investigations, echocontrast enhancement enabled a reliable neurovascular diagnosis, allowing the cancellation of additive neurovascular imaging procedures in half of our cohort. Our preliminary results suggest that ECA can reasonably support the early cerebrovascular workup in the acute stroke setting.