Usually a bubble echo is looking for an opening between the top 2 chambers in the heart. During a regular echo, which is totally noninvasive, they inject some saline with a small amount of air into an IV. That is the only invasive part of the test. They then look at the screen and see where the bubbles go. In a negative study, they all go over to the left side of the heart. In a positive study, some don't go to the left side, indicating a possible connection or small hole in the heart. It is totally painless; I have had 2 done.
Officially Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him about 115 years old when he died in 1996. There is a lot of confusion about that because prior to J.K. giving an exact date for A.P.W.B.D.'s birth, she had mentioned in an interview that he was about 150.. Many readers took her at her word.
Columbo star Peter Falk dies at 83 after battle with dementia. Peter Falk, the actor known to millions around the world as the TV detective Columbo, has died. The 83-year-old passed away at his Beverly Hills home on Thursday night, his family said.