Right-Left-Shunt Archive - The World of TCD Clinical Applications

31 Jul TCD for Bubble Testing

Posted at 16:04h in Emboli Detection, Intensive Care, News, Right-Left-Shunt, Stroke, Trends in Neurosonology

Once considered optional, Transcranial Doppler (TCD) has become a key diagnostic tool in evaluating right-to-left shunts in cryptogenic stroke. This article summarizes how major neurological and cardiovascular guidelines describe its value, performance, and integration into diagnostic pathways....

07 Mar TCD Clinical Indications

Posted at 16:10h in Brain Death, Cardiovascular Surgery, Carotid Stenosis, Emboli Detection, Intensive Care, News, Right-Left-Shunt, Sickle Cell Anemia, Stroke

TCD provides noninvasive monitoring in diverse clinical situations, offering real-time physiological data without increasing patient risks or costs. ...

10 Jan Persistent Foramen Ovale (PFO) diagnostic

Posted at 15:15h in Emboli Detection, Right-Left-Shunt, Stroke

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....

01 Jan TCD in use with COVID-19

Posted at 16:10h in COVID-19, Emboli Detection, Right-Left-Shunt, Stroke

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....