Medicine

Identification and Quantification of Patent Foramen Ovale-Mediated Shunts: Echocardiography and Transcranial Doppler.

Ahmed N. Mahmoud, I. Elgendy, Nayan Agarwal, J. Tobis, M. Mojadidi

2017.10.1Interventional Cardiology Clinics

DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2017.05.002

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Transcranial Doppler is the best method to quantitate shunt severity, being more sensitive than transthoracic or transesophageal echocardiography so is the preferred screening method for PFO.

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MAHMOUD, Ahmed N., et al. Identification and quantification of patent foramen ovale-mediated shunts: Echocardiography and transcranial doppler. Interventional Cardiology Clinics, 2017, 6 4: 495–504.