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Cerebral Ischemic Events Associated With ‘Bubble Study’ for Identification of Right to Left Shunts
Author(s) -
José R. Romero,
James L. Frey,
Lee H. Schwamm,
Bart M. Demaerschalk,
Hari P. Chaliki,
Gunjan Parikh,
Robert F. Burke,
Viken L. Babikian
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.109.549683
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , intracardiac injection , shunt (medical) , right to left shunt , cerebral infarction , stroke (engine) , cardiology , neurology , anesthesia , surgery , ischemia , percutaneous , mechanical engineering , engineering , psychiatry
Detection of an intracardiac shunt is frequently sought during the evaluation of patients with cryptogenic ischemic stroke and agitated saline intravenous injection, or "bubble study" (BS), is performed in most cases. We present the first attempt to identify the clinical features in patients who had cerebral ischemic events with BS.

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