Head-to-head comparison of real-time three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography with transthoracic and transesophageal two-dimensional contrast echocardiography for the detection of patent foramen ovale

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-249

  Monte, Ines ^a   Grasso, Stefania ^a   Licciardi, Salvatore ^a   Badano, Luigi P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contrast; Cryptogenetic stroke; Divers; Echocardiography; Patent foramen ovale; Three dimensional echocardiography; Transesophageal

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TIME;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951095971     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jep195     Document Type: Article

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