Oxygen inhalation can differentiate gaseous from nongaseous microemboli detected by transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Stroke

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2453-2456

  Droste, Dirk W ^a   Hansberg, Tjark ^b   Kemény, Vendel ^b   Hammel, Dieter ^b   Schulte Altedorneburg, Gernot ^b   Nabavi, Darius G ^b   Kaps, Manfred ^b   Scheld, Hans H ^b   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral embolism; Cerebrovascular disorders; Heart valve prosthesis; Oxygen; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN BREATHING; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 0031456321     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.28.12.2453     Document Type: Article

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