A comparison of transesophageal echocardiography and transcranial doppler sonography with contrast medium for detection of patent foramen ovale

Stroke

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1265-1267

  Jauss, M ^a   Kaps, M ^a   Keberle, M ^a   Haberbosch, W ^a   Dorndorf, W ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Foramen ovale, patent; Risk factors; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; GALACTOSE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VALSALVA'S MANEUVER;

EID: 0028337578     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.25.6.1265     Document Type: Article

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