Contrast transcranial doppler ultrasound in the detection of right-to- left shunts: Time window and threshold in microbubble numbers

Stroke

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1640-1645

  Droste, Dirk W ^a   Silling, Karen ^b   Stypmann, Jörg ^b   Grude, Matthias ^b   Kemény, Vendel ^b   Wichter, Thomas ^b   Kühne, Karsten ^b   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral embolism; Cerebrovascular disorders; Foramen ovale, patent; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0033943574     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.31.7.1640     Document Type: Article

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