title: Transcranial Doppler detection of middle cerebral artery emboli before and after surgical closure of a patent foramen ovale.
abstract: This report describes the use of a combination of contrast transthoracic echocardiography and transcranial doppler to select emboli to the cerebral circulation in a patient with patent foramen ovale.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, State University at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo General Hospital Division, NY 14203, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Doherty
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002536:Cerebral Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial