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In this issue of the Journal, Alexandrov et al. (pages 2170–2178) introduce practicing physicians to a new and exciting use of diagnostic ultrasonography. The authors show that ultrasound energy, used in combination with tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA), has a beneficial effect in patients with acute ischemic stroke. The type of stroke treated by the authors is due primarily to thromboembolism, and the source of the thrombus is often the carotid bifurcation, although the heart and even the ascending aorta and proximal aortic arch can serve as sources of embolic material. The results of prospective randomized trials, summarized in a meta-analysis . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Radiology, New England Medical Center and Tufts School of Medicine, Boston.

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