"I believe robot-assisted transcranial Doppler ultrasound can ... evaluation of patients with suspected PFO: in place of an invasive transesophageal echo that requires anesthesia and a ...

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You might hear your doctor call this test “echo” for short ... Changes in the sound waves, called Doppler signals, show the direction and speed of blood moving through your heart.

The study population included patients with a history of neurological episodes who were prescreened for PFO using transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound. The criteria for this selection were: 1) PFO ...

Patent foramen ovale (PFO) has been linked to ischemic strokes ... saline bubble study during echocardiography or transcranial Doppler imaging Transcatheter closure of patent foramen ovale has ...