<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dowell, Masha</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Spence, J. David</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">New Study Reveals That TCD is Better Used to Detect PFO than TEE</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014-04-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15-16</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">About 25% of the world's population has been reported to have patent foramen ovale (PFO) or symptoms related to it, and they are at a greater risk of paradoxical embolisms [Kent DM, Thaler DE. Stroke 2010; Homma S, Sacco RL. Circulation 2005]. This article presents new research that revealed that transcranial doppler (TCD) ultrasound is superior to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for the detection of PFOs associated with higher stroke risk.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume></record></records></xml>