How To: The Perfect Bubble Study

Nov 28, 2024

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A Valsalva maneuver should begin 3-5 seconds before agitated saline is injected for a bubble study.

This causes an increase in intrathoracic pressures, ultimately leading to a reduction in preload.

This provokes any abnormal communication between the right and left atria; the interatrial septum may bow leftward.

A minimum of 20 beats should be recorded for…

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