Transesophageal echocardiography and contrast-transcranial doppler sonography yield a higher rate for the detection of patent foramen ovale than one method alone;Transosophageale echokardiographie und transkranielle dopplersonographie mit ultraschallkontrastmittel sind 'erganzende, nicht konkurrierende methoden'

Medizinische Klinik

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 367-370

  Heckmann, Josef Georg ^a   Niedermeier, Wolfgang ^b   Brandt Pohlman, Magdalena ^b   Hilz, Max Josef ^b   Hect, Martin ^b   Neundörfer, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contrast transcranial doppler sonography; Paradoxic embolism; Patent foramen ovale; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ECHOVIST; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSACCHARIDES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0033565148     PISSN: 07235003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03044900     Document Type: Article

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