Transcranial doppler detection of cerebral fat emboli and relation to paradoxical embolism: A pilot study

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1947-1952

  Forteza, Alejandro M ^a,c   Koch, Sebastian ^b   Campo Bustillo, Iszet ^b   Gutierrez, Jose ^b   Haussen, Diogo C ^b   Rabinstein, Alejandro A ^b   Romano, Jose ^b   Zych, Gregory A ^b   Duncan, Robert ^b  

^a JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Institute Bldg No 206   (United States)

Author keywords

embolism; embolism fat; foramen ovale patent; stroke; ultrasonography Doppler transcranial

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FAT EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FEMUR SHAFT FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMBOLISM, FAT; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955773529     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.950634     Document Type: Article

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