The identification of right-to-left shunts using contrast transcranial Doppler ultrasound: Performance and interpretation modalities, and absence of a significant side difference of cardiac micro-emboli

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-330

  Droste, Dirk W ^a,b   Lakemeier, Heike ^a   Ritter, Martin ^a   Dittrich, Ralf ^a   Stypmann, Jörg ^b   Wichter, Thomas ^a   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cerebral embolism; Cerebrovascular disorders; Foramen ovale, patent; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; ECHOVIST; ECHOVIST 300;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 2442571141     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225014067     Document Type: Article

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