title: Comparison of transesophageal and transthoracic contrast echocardiography for detection of a patent foramen ovale.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Siostrzonek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zangeneh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gössinger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosenmayr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Heinz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stümpflen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zeiler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mösslacher
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity