title: [Comparison of the degree of right atrial opacification seen on intracardiac echocardiography following femoral or antecubital injection of saline contrast].
abstract: It is thought that femoral injection of agitated saline contrast is better for detecting patent foramen ovale than antecubital injection mainly because of the nature of intraatrial flow where the venae cavae enter the heart. Our aim was to investigate the effect of the contrast injection site on the degree of right atrial opacification seen on intracardiac echocardiography. The degree of right atrial opacification after each femoral or antecubital injection of saline contrast was scored from 0-4 in 21 patients. It was shown that the degree of right atrial opacification was greater after femoral than antecubital injection (3.76 vs. 1.62; P<.001). Future studies comparing the two routes of saline contrast injection should control for the degree of right atrial opacification.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. danielsaura@secardiologia.es
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saura
authors.forename: Arcadi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: García-Alberola
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Florenciano
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de la Morena
authors.forename: Juan J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Muñoz
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Soria
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Redondo-Bermejo
authors.forename: Mariano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valdés-Chávarri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D045423:Microbubbles; D008875:Middle Aged; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D012965:Sodium Chloride