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

10 Jan 2022 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 2022 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....