Transesophageal echocardiography and transcranial color Doppler: Independent or complementary diagnostic tests for cardiologists in the detection of patent foramen ovale?

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-148

  Mangiafico, Sarah ^a   Scandura, Salvatore ^a   Ussia, Gian Paolo ^a   Privitera, Agata ^a   Capodanno, Davide ^a,b   Petralia, Anna ^a   Tamburino, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Patent foramen ovale; Transcranial Doppler; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MICROBUBBLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549106979     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32831fb210     Document Type: Article

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