Importance of jugular valve incompetence in contrast transcranial Doppler ultrasonography for the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 272-275

  Topçuoglu, M Akif ^b   Buonanno, Ferdinando S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Jugular valve incompetence; Patent foramen ovale; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEPARIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PRAVASTATIN; PYRIDOXINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIAL SEPTAL ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETER; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; JUGULAR VALVE INCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSITIONAL BLINDNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AMAUROSIS FUGAX; APHASIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0038798595     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228403013003013     Document Type: Article

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