Agitated Saline Contrast Echocardiogram In Cardio-Pulmonary Evaluation

Autor:	Prabesh Neupane, Anish Hirachan, Ranjit Sharma
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Internal medicine cardiovascular system medicine Cardiology Contrast (vision) cardiovascular diseases business Saline media_common
Zdroj:	Nepalese Heart Journal. 18:53-55
ISSN:	2382-5464 2091-2978
DOI:	10.3126/njh.v18i2.40405
Popis:	Agitated saline contrast echocardiogram (ASC) is a very useful technique to detect various intracardiac and extra cardiac shunts in daily cardiology practice . Conventional 2D and color echocardiogram may not be well effective in ruling out various intracardiac shunts especially with patients having poor echo window. The introduction of agitated saline with bubbles formed during the study can help delineate different right to left shunt physiology commonly like patent foramen ovale (PFO) which is often sought for in evaluation of cases with young stroke . Various other etiologies like atrial septal defects, atrial septal aneurysm, large right to left shunts with eisenmengerisation can also be evaluated with this simple bedside study.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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