A critical reappraisal of the oximetric assessment of intracardiac left- to-right shunting in adults

American Heart Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 413-417

  Pirwitz, M J ^a   Willard, J E ^a   Landau, C ^a   Hillis, L D ^a   Lange, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

EID: 0030935774     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(97)70182-0     Document Type: Article

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