Contrast ultrasound techniques in the detection and quantification of patent foramen ovale: Myth versus reality - A clarification [1]

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1109-

  Lovering, Andrew T ^a   Stickland, Michael K ^a   Eldridge, Marlowe W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXERCISE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LETTER; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 20444396860     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000167416.92642.95     Document Type: Letter

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