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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 2.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2009 Dec 21;156(4):645–650. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.10.012

Table I.

Detection of patent foramen ovale/intracardiac shunt with echocardiographic technique

Patient 2-dimensional echocardiography Color Doppler Agitated saline contrast
1 + +
2 + +
3 +
4 +
5 + +
6 +
7 + + ND
8 +
9 + ND

+, PFO/shunt detected with this method; –, PFO/shunt not detected with this method; ND, not done.