Serial contrast saline transcranial Doppler examination in a patient with paradoxical brain embolism associated with pulmonary embolism

We report a patient with paradoxical brain embolism due to patent foramen ovale (PFO) associated with pulmonary embolism (PE). The number of microembolic signals, as detected by contrast saline transcranial Doppler (c-TCD) exam, drastically decreased with improvement of increased right atrial pressure due to PE. In a patient with paradoxical brain embolism associated with PE, c-TCD may be useful for both diagnosis of the presence of right-to-left shunting and evaluation of cardio-pulmonary circulation.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2007

Erschienen:

2007

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 14(2007), 8 vom: 15. Aug., Seite 788-91

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shibazaki, Kensaku [VerfasserIn]
Iguchi, Yasuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Inoue, Takeshi [VerfasserIn]
Ueno, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Kimura, Kazumi [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

451W47IQ8X
Case Reports
Journal Article
Sodium Chloride

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 31.08.2007

Date Revised 19.11.2015

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM170208664