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>        What is the test for a bubble shunting between chambers and do you
>know if any ole' hospital and doctor can do it, or is it a realatively
>complex proceedure to test for, and only larger hospitals could do it?  Also
>do you also get tested for an intra-cardiac shunt or only right to left
>shunting and is this part of the same test proceedure?

From what I understand so far, the test is called a Bubble Contract 
Echocardiogram.  I am seeing a cardiologist next week to schedule an 
appointment for one.  I would be interested in what the actual test 
entails, i.e. duration, prep work, procedure, etc.

In John Lippmann's "Deeper Into Diving", there are photographs of the 
echocardiogram before the contrast injection, as the bubbles enter the 
right side of the heart, and as the bubbles pass through the shunt into 
the left side of the heart.  

Peace,
Steven

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