Patent foramen ovale echocardiography: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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 or performs the [[valsalva maneuver]]. Transesophageal echocardiography is more sensitive than transthoracic echocardiography and is the imaging modality of choice. | ||
==Patent Foramen Ovale on Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography Bubble Study== | ==Patent Foramen Ovale on Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography Bubble Study== | ||
Revision as of 13:17, 4 September 2011
|
Patent Foramen Ovale Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Patent foramen ovale echocardiography On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Patent foramen ovale echocardiography |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Patent foramen ovale echocardiography |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S. [2]; Assistant Editor(s)-In-Chief: Kristin Feeney, B.S. [3]
Overview
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 or performs the valsalva maneuver. Transesophageal echocardiography is more sensitive than transthoracic echocardiography and is the imaging modality of choice.
Patent Foramen Ovale on Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography Bubble Study
<youtube v=uaXrDzCL2WA/>