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The performance of a bubble study on echocardiography is a simple diagnostic study of choice. On echocardiography, there may not be any shunting of blood (i.e. bubbles may not appear in the left atrium and ventricle) except when the patient coughs. | The performance of a bubble study on echocardiography is a simple diagnostic study of choice. On echocardiography, there may not be any shunting of blood (i.e. bubbles may not appear in the left atrium and ventricle) except when the patient coughs. | ||
==Patent Foramen Ovale | ==Patent Foramen Ovale on Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography Bubble Study== | ||
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The performance of a bubble study on echocardiography is a simple diagnostic study of choice. On echocardiography, there may not be any shunting of blood (i.e. bubbles may not appear in the left atrium and ventricle) except when the patient coughs.
Patent Foramen Ovale on Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography Bubble Study
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