Agitated Saline Contrast Echocardiography in the diagnosis of right to left shunts: Guidance and recommendations from the British Society of Echocardiography

Bushra Rana, Shaun Robinson, Liam Ring, Dave Oxborough, Mark Belham, Jim Newton, Alfa Ali, Nilesh Sutaria, Nina Bual, Martin Swaans, Nina Wunderlich, Victoria Delgado, David Northridge, Dave Hildick-Smith, Neil Ruparelia, Mark Turner, Michael Mullen, Chris Baker, Brian Clapp, Mark Spence, Horst Sievert, Iqbal Malik, Roxy Senior, Anjana Siva

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DOI: 10.1186/s44156-026-00117-3
Published: 2026-06-01
Container: Echo Research & Practice
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1186/s44156-026-00117-3,
  title = {Agitated Saline Contrast Echocardiography in the diagnosis of right to left shunts: Guidance and recommendations from the British Society of Echocardiography},
  author = {Bushra Rana and Shaun Robinson and Liam Ring and Dave Oxborough and Mark Belham and Jim Newton and Alfa Ali and Nilesh Sutaria and Nina Bual and Martin Swaans and Nina Wunderlich and Victoria Delgado and David Northridge and Dave Hildick-Smith and Neil Ruparelia and Mark Turner and Michael Mullen and Chris Baker and Brian Clapp and Mark Spence and Horst Sievert and Iqbal Malik and Roxy Senior and Anjana Siva},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Echo Research \&amp; Practice},
  doi = {10.1186/s44156-026-00117-3},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s44156-026-00117-3}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Agitated Saline Contrast Echocardiography in the diagnosis of right to left shunts: Guidance and recommendations from the British Society of Echocardiography
AU  - Bushra Rana
AU  - Shaun Robinson
AU  - Liam Ring
AU  - Dave Oxborough
AU  - Mark Belham
AU  - Jim Newton
AU  - Alfa Ali
AU  - Nilesh Sutaria
AU  - Nina Bual
AU  - Martin Swaans
AU  - Nina Wunderlich
AU  - Victoria Delgado
AU  - David Northridge
AU  - Dave Hildick-Smith
AU  - Neil Ruparelia
AU  - Mark Turner
AU  - Michael Mullen
AU  - Chris Baker
AU  - Brian Clapp
AU  - Mark Spence
AU  - Horst Sievert
AU  - Iqbal Malik
AU  - Roxy Senior
AU  - Anjana Siva
PY  - 2026
JO  - Echo Research &amp; Practice
DO  - 10.1186/s44156-026-00117-3
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Rana, B., Robinson, S., Ring, L., Oxborough, D., Belham, M., Newton, J., Ali, A., Sutaria, N., Bual, N., Swaans, M., Wunderlich, N., Delgado, V., Northridge, D., Hildick-Smith, D., Ruparelia, N., Turner, M., Mullen, M., Baker, C., Clapp, B., Spence, M., Sievert, H., Malik, I., Senior, R., & Siva, A. (2026). Agitated Saline Contrast Echocardiography in the diagnosis of right to left shunts: Guidance and recommendations from the British Society of Echocardiography. Echo Research & Practice. https://doi.org/10.1186/s44156-026-00117-3

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