Optimizing the technique of contrast transcranial Doppler ultrasound in the detection of right-to-left shunts

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2211-2216

  Droste, Dirk W ^a,b   Lakemeier, Stefan ^a   Wichter, Thomas ^a   Stypmann, Jörg ^a   Dittrich, Ralf ^a   Ritter, Martin ^a   Moeller, Martin ^a   Freund, Michael ^a   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; ORBIT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0036713359     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000027884.03365.AC     Document Type: Article

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