Accuracy of transcranial Doppler for the diagnosis of intracardiac right-to-left shunt: A bivariate meta-analysis of prospective studies

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 236-250

  Mojadidi, M Khalid ^a   Roberts, Scott C ^a   Winoker, Jared S ^a   Romero, Jorge ^a   Goodman Meza, David ^a   Gevorgyan, Rubine ^b   Tobis, Jonathan M ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

patent foramen ovale; right to left shunt; transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ECHOVIST; GELATIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMBASE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84896539242     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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