Contrast transcranial Doppler compared to transesophageal echocardiography in detection of right-to-left shunt

Neurosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-170

  Hamzehloo, Ali ^a   Mousavi, Seid A ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHUNTING; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33750057995     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: 13196138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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