Transthoracic echocardiography using second harmonic imaging with Valsalva manoeuvre for the detection of right to left shunts
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Transthoracic echocardiography using second harmonic imaging with Valsalva manoeuvre for the detection of right to left shunts.
AIMS To assess transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) using second harmonic imaging with Valsalva manoeuvre compared to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for the diagnosis of right to left cardiac and pulmonary shunts. METHODS AND RESULTS One hundred and ten patients referred for TEE underwent TTE with bubble contrast. Bubbles in the left atrium within three cardiac cycles were considered ...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Echocardiography
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1525-2167
DOI: 10.1016/s1525-2167(03)00076-3