Diagnosing a patent foramen ovale in children: Is transesophageal echocardiography necessary?

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-101

  Hubail, Zakariya ^a,b   Lemler, Matthew ^a,b   Ramaciotti, Claudio ^a,b   Moore, Jay ^b   Ikemba, Catherine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Echocardiography; Foramen ovale; Patent; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE VALIDITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79451472641     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.595876     Document Type: Article

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