Patent foramen ovale presenting as refractory hypoxemia after heart transplantation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 973-976

  Ouseph, Rosemary ^a,b   Stoddard, Marcus F ^a   Lederer, Eleanor D ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Baxter Biomedical Science Building   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANOXEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS;

EID: 0031264396     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)80014-4     Document Type: Article

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