Prevalence of intrapulmonary vascular dilatations in normoxaemic patients with early liver cirrhosis

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 988-992

  Mimidis, K P ^a   Karatza, C ^a   Spiropoulos, K V ^a   Toulgaridis, T ^a   Charokopos, N A ^a   Thomopoulos, K C ^a   Margaritis, V G ^a   Nikolopoulou, V N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Intrapulmonary vascular dilatations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0031658652     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655298750027038     Document Type: Article

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