U.S., Aug. 6 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07102693) titled 'Left Atrial Strain Assessment in Ischemic Stroke Patients: a Retrospective Case-control Study' on July 30.
Brief Summary: This study is investigating a potential link between a novel measurement made on cardiac ultrasound and risk of ischemic stroke in patients with a normal heart rhythm. The novel measurement is called left atrial strain. It uses speckle tracking echocardiography to measure the muscle function of the left atrium, one of the cardiac chambers. We want to investigate if patients with lower function of this chamber are at higher risk of developing stroke from blood clots travelling to the brain. It is already known that...