Detection of air microbubbles in the internal jugular vein after intravenous injection of contrast agent for the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 506-509

  Ratanakorn, Disya ^a,b   Myers, Lawrence G ^a   Tegeler, Charles H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Internal jugular valve; Internal jugular vein; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; AIR; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; SYMPTOM; VEIN VALVE;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMBOLISM, AIR; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; JUGULAR VEINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0036787767     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.10105     Document Type: Article

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