Bed tilt as an effort-independent maneuver to improve patent foramen ovale assessment by transthoracic contrast echocardiography

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 94-98

  Kerr, Andrew J ^a   Chia, Karin K M ^a   Buck, Thomas ^a   Fry, Stefanie J ^a   Myron, Philip M B ^a   Rudski, Lawrence G ^a   Chow, Chi Ming ^a   Mucci, Ronald A ^a   Picard, Michael H ^a   Levine, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TILT TABLE TEST; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER; BED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; METHODOLOGY; SUPINE POSITION;

BEDS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; SUPINE POSITION; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0035400156     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(01)01599-5     Document Type: Article

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