Monitoring of sufficient brain perfusion is an essential part of anesthesiology and intensive care medicine. Transcranial Doppler Sonography is a non-invasive method, which provides real-time information about the cerebral haemodynamical situation, for instance...
Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) causing Right to Left Shunt (RLS) can be detected by TCD PFO-Test. RLS are direct connections between right (pulmonary) and left (systemic) circulation. By this connection blood can cross to the other circulation without passing pulmonary capillaries....
SARS-CoV-2 infection can be particularly dangerous in patients whose vascular function is already impaired by pre-existing conditions. This explains the typical clinical picture by causing circulatory disorders in the heart, as well as pulmonary embolism and vascular occlusions....