RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Transcranial Doppler of a Paradoxical Brain Embolism Associated with a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1881
OP 1884
VO 20
IS 10
A1 Kimura, Kazumi
A1 Minematsu, Kazuo
A1 Wada, Kuniyasu
A1 Yasaka, Masahiro
A1 Tagaya, Masafumi
A1 Kuribayashi, Sachio
A1 Yamaguchi, Takenori
YR 1999
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/20/10/1881.abstract
AB Summary: We herein report the case of a patient who had paradoxical brain embolism owing to a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) who was diagnosed as having a right-to-left shunt by transcranial Doppler (TCD) with saline contrast medium. TCD with saline contrast medium failed to detect any high-intensity transient signals immediately after catheter embolization of the PAVF. Thus, TCD with saline contrast medium was useful for identifying the presence of a right-to-left shunt and for confirming that the shunt had been obliterated after endovascular treatment.