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Hi all, Steve suggested that I posted to the list. Can someone explain what is PFO? Is this a necessary for divers? And what kind of insurance we should be insuring ourselves if we are thinking of diving frequently? thanks, brenda. Steve Schultz wrote: > I had a bad experience recently when I went to get tested for PFO. They > tested me for the wrong thing - PDA, and then agreed to redo the test. > This was due to an incompetant doctor and lab technician that didn't > really know what a PFO was. > > I went back recently and told them the exact procedure that they should > have followed which was inject saline that has been shaken up in air > several times into a vein. It is rapidly injected, first while breathing > normally. the procedure is then repeated six times, while exhaling hard > agains a closed glottis. this raises the pressure in the right atrium and > will cause a jet of bubbles to go from right to left across a PFO. > > THEY DIDN"T TO THIS > > What they did when repeating the test did not involve the injection of any > saline. They performed the 2D echo on me while I held my breath, but > pushed or contracted like taking a crap. She said that doing this would > raise the pressure in the attrium and detect a PFO. > > My question is this: Is that enough of a test, or do I have to do the > procedure that I outlined above?? > > BTW, anyone who wants a PFO test done with the saline as I described above > should NOT ask for a PFO test, but rather a Bubble study, a saline > injection study, or a contrast study. Make sure your doctor and > technician know someting about what is going on. > > Steve > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- DiverSaurus Team (Nov '99) Diventures Scuba http://web.singnet.com.sg/~diven/ -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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