Transesophageal echocardiography for quantifying size of patent foramen ovale in patients with cryptogenic cerebrovascular events

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 293-296

  Schuchlenz, Herwig W ^a   Weihs, Wolfgang ^a   Beitzke, Albrecht ^a   Stein, Jörg Ingolf ^a   Gamillscheg, Andreas ^a   Rehak, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Contrast media; Echocardiography, transesophageal; Embolism, paradoxical; Foramen ovale, patent

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; GALACTOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036142672     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hs0102.100883     Document Type: Article

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