Transmitral doppler: A new transthoracic contrast method for patent foramen ovale detection and quantification

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1959-1966

  Kerr, Andrew J ^a,b   Buck, Thomas ^a,b   Chia, Karin ^a,b   Chow, Chi Ming ^a,b   Fox, Ervin ^a,b   Levine, Robert A ^a,b   Picard, Michael H ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0034669691     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(00)00951-7     Document Type: Article

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