TY - JOUR
T1 - Patent foramen ovale, dialysis and microembolization
AU - George, Sudhakar
AU - Holt, Stephen G
AU - Hildick-Smith, David
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We undertook bubble contrast transthoracic echocardiography to
identify PFO in HD patients and in a control population of peritoneal dialysis
patients. We interrogated draining arteriovenous fistulae to confirm that
microemboli are created during HD. We then undertook transcranial
Doppler scanning of the middle cerebral artery before and during dialysis,
with and without Valsalva augmentation, to detect cerebral microemboli in
HD patients and in the control group
AB - We undertook bubble contrast transthoracic echocardiography to
identify PFO in HD patients and in a control population of peritoneal dialysis
patients. We interrogated draining arteriovenous fistulae to confirm that
microemboli are created during HD. We then undertook transcranial
Doppler scanning of the middle cerebral artery before and during dialysis,
with and without Valsalva augmentation, to detect cerebral microemboli in
HD patients and in the control group
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1797.2012.01608.x/pdf
U2 - 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2012.01608.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2012.01608.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1320-5358
VL - 17
SP - 569
EP - 574
JO - Nephrology
JF - Nephrology
IS - 6
ER -