Transcranial Doppler for patent foramen ovale screening: is there a good correlation with transesophageal echocardiography? Doppler transcraniano contrastado para triagem de forame oval patente: existe boa correlação com ecocardiograma transesofágico?

Transcranial Doppler for patent foramen ovale screening: is there a good correlation with transesophageal echocardiography? Doppler transcraniano contrastado para triagem de forame oval patente: existe boa correlação com ecocardiograma transesofágico?

Right-to-left shunt (RLS) can be identified by contrast-enhanced transcranial Doppler (cTCD) in patent foramen ovale (PFO) patients. AIM: To evaluate cTCD for PFO screening comparing it to cTEE. METHOD: 45 previous cTCD performed for PFO diagnosis and correlated its findings with cTEE. Patients were...

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Main Authors: Marcos Christiano Lange, Viviane Flumignan Zétola, Admar Moraes de Souza, Élcio Juliato Piovesan, Juliano André Muzzio, Francisco Manoel Branco Germiniani, Lineu César Werneck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2008-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
forame oval patente
ecocardiograma transesofágico
Doppler transcraniano
ultra-sonografia
patent foramen ovale
transesophageal echocardiography
transcranial Doppler
ultrasonography
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