The positions of the patients in the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale by transcranial Doppler

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 356-358

  Telman, Gregory ^a   Kouperberg, Efim ^b   Sprecher, Eliott ^b   Yarnitsky, David ^b  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Microemboli; Middle cerebral artery; PFO; Transcranial Doppler; Valsalva's maneuver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PATIENT POSITIONING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; STROKE; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPINE POSITION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0141790118     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1051228403258134     Document Type: Article

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