Simultaneous transthoracic echocardiography and transcranial doppler sonography with ultrasound contrast agents for the detection of a patent foramen ovale in diving medicine;Simultane transthorakale echokardiographie und transkranielle dopplersonographie mit ultraschallkontrastmittel zum nachweis eines persistenten foramen ovale in der tauchmedizin

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-38

  Kampen, J ^a,b   Koch, A ^a,b   Struck, N ^a   Heine, L ^a   Tetzlaff, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Schiffahrtmedizinisches Institut der Marine   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diving medicine; Foramen ovale; Transcranial Doppler sonography; Transthoracic echocardiography; Ultrasound contrast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIVING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIVING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0035112074     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-11248     Document Type: Article

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