We evaluated the diagnostic sensitivity and clinical value of transesophageal echocardiogram in 72 patients with a potential cardiogenic embolic stroke or transient ischemic attacks at the Neurological Department/Cerebrovascular disorders out-patient clinic of Santa Maria Hospital between February 1991 - February 1993. The transesophageal echocardiogram was performed in UTIC-Arsénio Cordeiro after current diagn...
Among 293 subarachnoid hemorrhages admitted to the Neurology and Neurosurgery departments of Sta Maria Hospital, 108 patients had a normal cerebral angiography. Twenty-three meet the radiological criteria for perimesencephalic hemorrhage (center of the hemorrhage located in front of the mesencephalon, without blood in the interhemispheric and lateral sylvian fissures, nor significant intraventricular hemorrhage...