Bubble scan

[souljacs4]

Does anyone know what a bubble scan is a friend of mine is due to have one next week so I thought I would ask on her behalf

[PeterWh]

Yes and I've had one. Really simple.

What they do is put a cannula in your arm with multiple inputs. They have a syringe with hundreds of small air bubbles and then they inject it. They then watch the heart to see the bubbles arrive. If you have a hole in the heart then the bubbles won't just travel along the normal route but also go through the hole into the other side of the heart.

[souljacs4 in reply to PeterWh]

Thank you I can pass this on.

[SRMGrandma Volunteer]

Basically an echocardiogram with contrast. IV injection of saline contrast solution during the test . Not a difficult thing!

[pip_pip]

Sounds Awful.

Phil

[PeterWh in reply to pip_pip]

It's absolutely more of a doddle than all of the tests apart from an ECG.

Mine was a standard echo plus the canula which was painless.

Just wish I could have seen more on the screen