Transthoracic second harmonic two- and three-dimensional echocardiography for detection of patent foramen ovale

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-63

  Maffè, Stefano ^a   Dellavesa, Pierfranco ^a   Zenone, Franco ^a   Paino, Anna Maria ^a   Paffoni, Paola ^a   Perucca, Antonello ^a   Kozel, Daniela ^a   Signorotti, Fabiana ^a   Bielli, Massimo ^a   Parravicini, Umberto ^a   Pardo, Nicolò Franchetti ^a   Cucchi, Lorenzo ^a   Aymele, Alain Guillaime ^b   Zanetta, Marco ^a  

^a Division of Cardiology SS Trinità Borgomanero Hospital   (Italy)

^b Washington County Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Patent foramen ovale; Three dimensional echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY SHUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 74949096518     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep165     Document Type: Article

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