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Comparison of Transthoracic Echocardiography Using Second Harmonic Imaging, Transcranial Doppler and Transesophageal Echocardiography for the Detection of Patent Foramen ovale in Stroke Patients Eur J Echocardiogr 7:147-154, Souteyrand,G.,et al, 2006 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract This study confirms that transesophageal echocardiography has limitations in the diagnosis of patent foramen ovale. In this study, the negative predictive value of transcranial Doppler was excellent. Therefore, this examination is able to exclude a patent foramen ovale with a high level of confidence.

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