Right-to-left shunt evaluated at the aortic arch by contrast-enhanced transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-159

  Yasaka, Masahiro ^a   Ikeno, Koichi ^a   Otsubo, Ryoichi ^a   Oe, Hiroshi ^a   Nagano, Keiko ^a   Minematsu, Kazuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic arch; Patent foramen ovale; Respiratory maneuver; Right to left shunt; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; PATIENT MONITORING;

NONSMOKE SPONTANEOUS INDIVIDUAL CONTRAST (NSSIC); RIGHT-TO-LEFT SHUNT (RLS);

PULMONARY DISEASES;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 12744269562     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2005.24.2.155     Document Type: Article

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