Patent foramen ovale diagnosed by contrast transesophageal echocardiography: Is it really there?

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 552-554

  Kleinman, Bruce ^a   Leskiw, Ulana ^b   Jacobs, William ^b   Sheikh, Taqdees ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atrial septal aneurysm; Bubble contrast; Cardiac shunt; Echo contrast; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0042357075     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(03)00165-4     Document Type: Article

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