Comparison of transesophageal and transthoracic contrast echocardiography for detection of an intrapulmonary shunt in liver disease

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1236-1240

  Vedrinne, Jean Marc ^a   Duperret, Serge ^a   Bizollon, Thierry ^b   Magnin, Christophe ^a   Motin, Jean ^a   Trepo, Christian ^b   Ducerf, Christian ^c  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

hepatopulmonary; intrapulmonary shunt; liver transplantation; syndrome; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030954292     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.5.1236     Document Type: Article

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